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| HEALTH
- Good and Bad fats |
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Good fats
Fats are helping to maintain body temperature, and
protect body tissues and organs. Fat also plays an
important role in carrying the four fat-soluble vitamins:
A, D, E, and K. The Excess calories from protein and
carbohydrates are converted and stored as fat. The
only way to reduce body fat is to burn more calories
than one consumes by physical activity.
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| Monounsaturated
fat is “good” or “healthy”
fat because it also typically high in vitamin E can
lower your bad (LDL) cholesterol and lower your risk
of heart disease and stroke. Monounsaturated fats are
typically liquid at room temperature but start to turn
solid when chilled. Olive oil is an
example of a type of oil that contains monounsaturated
fats. Sources of monounsaturated fat include: Most foods
contain a combination of different fats. Examples of
foods high in monounsaturated fats include vegetable
oils such as olive oil, canola oil, peanut oil, sunflower
oil and sesame oil. Other sources include avocados,
peanut butter, and many nuts like almonds, cashews,
pecans and pea and Sesame seeds.
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Bad fat
Saturated fats and Trans fats are “bad”
or “unhealthy” fat. Eating foods that contain
saturated fats raises the level of cholesterol and increase
the risk of hart disease. They also increase the level
of LDL (bad) cholesterol in your blood. Saturated fats
are mainly found in animal products such as meat, dairy,
eggs and seafood. Some plant foods are also high in
saturated fats such as, palm oil and palm kernel oil,
Butter, Ice cream (milk fat), Cheese, Chicken fat, Meat
fat, Beef, Lamb, Pork etc. A lot of animal products
contain saturated fats and in some cases foods from
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Trans fats ("hydrogenate"
liquid oils) are like saturated fats and there is
a relationship between trans fats and bad cholesterol
level. Trans fatty acids are found in many commercially
packed foods and fried food such
as French Fries from some fast food chains, other
packaged snacks such as popcorn as well as in vegetable
shortening and hard stick margarine. Trans fats also
contain in: Cookies, Crackers, Snack foods, Doughnuts,
Cake, Frozen foods, Potato chips, Candy etc.
We can reduce the saturated fats in our diets by using
skin off poultry, skim milk and low fat cheeses and
less fat oils.
Also cut down on these sorts of foods: meat pies,
sausages, pastry, biscuits, cream, soured cream, lard,
suet etc.
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