Health And Fitness - How Fats Can Hurt And Help Your Health
The amount of fat you eat and how it relates to your health and fitness is very important. To be healthy it is generally thought that you need to avoid fats of all kind but there are some types of fats that are very beneficial to your body and can help your health.
The harmful fats that will eventually line your arteries and cause heart disease are saturated fats. These fats are ridged as their structure has the maximum amount of hydrogen's, making them saturated. Most food products that contain saturated fats include cheese, fatty meats, butter and whole milk.
The main fundamental behind fats are that saturated fats are harmful your health and unsaturated fats, when eaten in moderation are helpful and good fats. Saturated fats are called so because they are rigid molecules they have the maximum amount of hydrogen atoms on them as possible.
New research has shown some interesting facts about saturated fats as some are much worse than others. One such saturated fat, stearic acid, does not actually affect your LDL cholesterol. This fat is part of the fat in beef and the fat in chocolate and it does not act like other saturated fats.
However there are some saturated fats that are worse than others. Interestingly enough a saturated fat in beef and dark chocolate, stearic acid does not affect your LDL cholesterol at all. So stearic acid doesn't help your body but it doesn't hurt it either. Another saturated fat, lauric acid, while raise your LDL cholesterol but it also increases your HDL or good cholesterol. It can be concluded though that too much saturated fat is a problem so eat your chocolate and beef in moderation.
However this can be a bit complicated and to keep things simple you should try to avoid saturated fats. Most saturated fats are solid at room temperature, such as butter and lard, while unsaturated fats are liquids at room temperature, such as olive oil. Try to include good fats in your diet such as fats found in avocados, vegetable oils, fish, olives and nuts. - 17269
The harmful fats that will eventually line your arteries and cause heart disease are saturated fats. These fats are ridged as their structure has the maximum amount of hydrogen's, making them saturated. Most food products that contain saturated fats include cheese, fatty meats, butter and whole milk.
The main fundamental behind fats are that saturated fats are harmful your health and unsaturated fats, when eaten in moderation are helpful and good fats. Saturated fats are called so because they are rigid molecules they have the maximum amount of hydrogen atoms on them as possible.
New research has shown some interesting facts about saturated fats as some are much worse than others. One such saturated fat, stearic acid, does not actually affect your LDL cholesterol. This fat is part of the fat in beef and the fat in chocolate and it does not act like other saturated fats.
However there are some saturated fats that are worse than others. Interestingly enough a saturated fat in beef and dark chocolate, stearic acid does not affect your LDL cholesterol at all. So stearic acid doesn't help your body but it doesn't hurt it either. Another saturated fat, lauric acid, while raise your LDL cholesterol but it also increases your HDL or good cholesterol. It can be concluded though that too much saturated fat is a problem so eat your chocolate and beef in moderation.
However this can be a bit complicated and to keep things simple you should try to avoid saturated fats. Most saturated fats are solid at room temperature, such as butter and lard, while unsaturated fats are liquids at room temperature, such as olive oil. Try to include good fats in your diet such as fats found in avocados, vegetable oils, fish, olives and nuts. - 17269
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