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Au contraire, my friend. The truth about fats is that monounsaturated and saturated fats are the fats you want to include. Polyunsaturated fats are highly unstable, prone to rancidity, and absolutely should not be subjected to heat. Saturated fats on the other hand are highly stable and are the fats that should be used to cook, specifically coconut oil, palm oil, lard, and tallow. There are cultures around the world that consume copious quantities of coconut and palm oils (2nd most highly used oil in the world after soy, first if removing the US) without any health issues.
I wrote a long time ago about the tropical oils and their health benefits here. As you can see, any vegetable oils, which are highly unnatural since vegetables don't contain much fat, so to get that much polyunsaturated fat requires ungodly amounts of vegetables, require deodorization and refinement to be shelf-stable. The saturated fats do not and are able to retain their high vitamin contents.
The notion of saturated fat being so bad comes from the flawed Seven Countries Study by Ancel Keys. Cholesterol is also not the demon it's made out to be as that hypothesis is also based on the same flawed Keys study.
If you look at hunter-gatherer populations, they opt for the rich sources of fat in the animal body. A typical H-G fat profile is along the lines of probably 50-60% mono, 30-40% saturated, and 10-15% poly, half of that being omega-3 fatty acids, with the other half being omega-6 for a 1:1 ratio.
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All the time you hear people saying that eating fatty food will make you grow fat. How true is that? Most of the people around the world are having diets that don’t include any fats. Are they doing the right thing? Does fat really hinder the process of trying to lose weight?
Wrong, wrong, wrong!
We all need fat to survive. Our human body won’t be able to function correctly if there is no fat. Eating fat doesn’t really make you fat unless you have too much of it. However, one needs to be able to differentiate between the good fats and bad fats to ensure you have a fat healthy meal!
There are basically 3 main types of fats, saturated fat, polyunsaturated fat and the monounsaturated fat.
Saturated Fat
Also known as the baddie of the three types of fat, these are basically the fat that you would want to avoid if you are trying to lose weight. They are known to increase health risk if they are taken in huge amounts over a long period of time. It also contributes to increasing your blood cholesterol levels. Saturated fats are mostly found in animal products such as meat, dairy, poultry.
Polyunsaturated Fat
These are the type of fat that we should include in our diet! Polyunsaturated fat are known to help prevent heart diseases as they lower the blood cholesterol levels. They can be found in oily fishes like mackerel, herring, sardines and salmon(One of the reason why I love salmon). They can also be found in cooking oils such as sunflower, corn, safflower and soybean.
Monounsaturated Fat
These type of fat should also be included in one’s diet. In terms of benefits, monounsaturated fat may help lower the blood cholesterol levels too and decreases the risk of heart diseases. These type of fat is found mostly in vegetable oils such as peanut, olive and canola.
Have a better understanding of fat now? Don’t worry about adding healthy fat to your diet! Just remember to control and not have too much intake of fat.