Fatafat Fat Facts...!!!!!!

Everybody wants to look slim. So, should you have a Fat Free diet? Absolutely NO. Your body needs fats as much as it needs other nutrients. But you need the good ones in right proportions.

• Fats provide you about 9 calories per gram. But they should not be totally removed from your diet.
• Some fats are absolutely essential. You can take about 3-4 tsp per day.
• Dietary fats provide essential fatty acids required for absorption of fat soluble vitamins like A,D,E and K.
• Fats help in insulation of body.
• Fats are a major component of hormones, and also required in the production of happiness hormone, endorphins.
• The ones that you have to avoid are transfats, found in deep-fried foods, margarine, doughnuts, potato chips, etc.
• You also have to avoid saturated fats found in meat, cheese, butter, cream and hydrogenated oils.
• Unsaturated fats are good fats and should be a part of your diet in balanced proportions. These are found in nuts, seeds, oils like olive & canola.
• High consumption of bad fats result in accumulation of bad cholesterol which increase the risk of heart diseases and other morbidity.
• Even in unsaturated fats the ones with higher quantities of MUFA(MonoUnsaturatedFattyAcids) are to be preferred.
• Foods made up mostly of unsaturated fats are liquid at room temperature such as olive oil, safflower oil, peanut oil and corn oil.
• Olive oil is a good source of MUFA so it is good for your heart and even helps to lower blood pressure.
• Extra virgin Olive oil, which comes from the first cold press of the olives, is the best. It is also rich in antioxidants and polyphenols.

And whatever you eat you need to exercise regularly to maintain your fitness.

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