Are Fats Bad For You?

Hi Guys,

Today I will be looking at FATS.

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Fats have got a bad name for themselves these days but are all fats the same?

The answer in NO. 

There are basically two types of fats. 

There are good fats and bad fats. 

Lets us have a look at these.

You will want to make a note of these in your notebook.

Put the bad fats in red writing and the good fats in green writing.

 This will mean it is easy to see which are good and which are bad.

In red writing make a note of these.

These are fats that you should avoid if possible.

 

Saturated fats and trans fats are known as the “bad fats” because they increase your risk of disease and elevate cholesterol.

Appearance-wise, saturated fats and trans fats tend to be solid at room temperature (think of butter or traditional stick margarine), while monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats tend to be liquid (think of olive or corn oil).

• High-fat cuts of meat (beef, lamb, pork)
• Chicken with the skin
• Whole-fat dairy products (milk and cream)
• Butter
• Cheese
• Ice cream
• Palm and coconut oil
• Lard

• Commercially-baked pastries, cookies, doughnuts, muffins, cakes, pizza dough
• Packaged snack foods (crackers, microwave popcorn, chips)
• Stick margarine
• Vegetable shortening
• Fried foods (French fries, fried chicken, chicken nuggets, breaded fish)
• Candy bars

  Now lets look at the good fats.

These are fats that are healthy for you and you can eat.

Monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats are known as the “good fats” because they are good for your heart, your cholesterol, and your overall health.

• Olive oil
• Canola oil
• Sunflower oil
• Peanut oil
• Sesame oil
• Avocados
• Olives
• Nuts (almonds, peanuts, macadamia nuts, hazelnuts, pecans, cashews)
• Peanut butter

• Soybean oil
• Corn oil
• Safflower oil
• Walnuts
• Sunflower, sesame, and pumpkin seeds
  Flaxseed
• Fatty fish (salmon, tuna, mackerel, herring, trout, sardines)
• Soymilk
• Tofu

By now your note book should be filling up with things you should and should not eat.

 Using different colours make it easier to see at a glance which foods you can eat and which ones to avoid.

 I will finish here because I know that a lot of people do not have time to read long blogs.

Tomorrow I will be looking a bit more about good and bad fats. 

Have a great day,

I will speak to you again tomorrow.

Stephen Hart