The Good and Bad about “Fats”

Are there different types of fats?

How much fat does the body need?

Has “Fats” received a bad rep for too long?

What do you know about FATS?

What has more fat? Fruit drink or PopNoodles in soup or Chow MeinCoffee with cream or Coffee with milkVeggie hot dog or hot dogVegetarian pizza slice or child-size hamburger (whole grain bun)

Fat FactsWhy do we need fats?

Fat is the most concentrated source of energy: 1 gram of fat = 9 calories

Has essential vitamins (A, D, E and K)

Remains in stomach for a longer time so = satiety

Cholesterol is a fat like substance made by the body that helps with: cell regeneration, parts of skin tissue, transports essential fatty acids and helps produce hormones

What is Cholesterol? Produced by the body and is a fat-like substances

HDL: good cholesterol (which can be remembered with “H” which stands for healthy )

LDL: bad cholesterol (which can be remembered with “L” which stands for “loser”)

It gets it from animal tissues (chicken, beef, pork), milk products and egg yolk

High levels of LDL is related to heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and obesity

Food of plant origin like FRUITS, VEGETABLES, GRAINS and LEGUMES have no cholesterol

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Types of FatSaturated Fats - come from animal sources and are solid at room temperatureIt raises the LDL and HDL level in the bloodSources of it: poultry, meat, whole milk, oils, butter, shortening, lard

Monounsaturated fats - lower LDL and raises HDL level of cholesterol in the bloodSources of it: olive oil, avocados, almonds, canola oil

Polyunsaturated fats - lowers both LDL and HDL cholesterol levels in the bloodSources of it: corn oil, soybeans, safflower oil

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