Fats - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Most of us grew up being told, "Don't eat too much fat" or "Make sure you watch your cholesterol". This advice for the most part is now considered largely out of date. Most nutritional researchers these days care a lot less about the amount of fats that you consume than about where you are sourcing them from.

It is becoming much more clear through recent research that, when talking fats, we need to watch the bads, completely avoid the very bads and actually consume more of the goods.

Goods - Monounsaturated fats; Olives/oil, canola oil, peanut oil, cashews, almonds, peanuts, avocados, etc.
- Polyunsaturated fats; Corn, soybean, safflower, cottonseed oils and fish.

Not Good - Saturated fats; Whole milk, butter, cheese, ice cream, red meat, chocolate, coconuts/milk/oil.

VERY, VERY NOT GOOD - Trans fats; Margarines, vegetable shortening, partially hydrogenated veg oil. deep fried anything, most fast foods and most commercial baked goods.

With the right fats in your diet in sensible proportions, you can expect to lose fat weight, keep your immune system strong, manage your cholesterol levels, reduce disease and look and feel great.

Girls, it can also make for great hair, skin and nails ;o)