Fats
FATS
It is necessary to enjoy a wide variety of food. Eating some quantity of food which
contains fat is very important and
much needed for absorption of vitamins: A, D, E, and K. However, too much fat
unbalances our diet, icreases the risk
of illnesses and leads to excess weight. The excess calories intake are most likely to
be stored as body fat from eating
too much fatty products.
There are three types of fat:
1) Saturated which is mostly found in solid fat and dairy products;
This sort of fat should be eaten in least quantities as to reduce raised blood
cholesterol. The cholesterol is a form of
fat that the body needs for manufacture of hormones and is needed in enzyme
systems. Our body is able to produce
the perfect quantity of cholesterol needed so we do not require the cholesterol from
an animal foods we eat. A high
level of blood choresterol can be a clear sign of a risk of heart attack and stroke.
2) Monounsaturated which is found in olive, sesame and rapeseed oils, avocado;
This fat can be used in our kitchen where it can be heated to higher temperatures
without oxidizing. The
monounsaturated fat do not lower blood cholesterol as much as the polyunsaturated
but it is preferable to use the
monounsatureted fat in cooking than the saturated fat.
3) Polyunsaturated which is found in nuts, walnuts, seeds, linseed, soya beans,
wheatgerm or oily fish;
This fat can be eaten more often as it is a source of omega-6 and omega-3 fatty
acids. They lower the risk of heart
attack and reduce the blood cholesterol.
It is necessary to enjoy a wide variety of food. Eating some quantity of food which
contains fat is very important and
much needed for absorption of vitamins: A, D, E, and K. However, too much fat
unbalances our diet, icreases the risk
of illnesses and leads to excess weight. The excess calories intake are most likely to
be stored as body fat from eating
too much fatty products.
There are three types of fat:
1) Saturated which is mostly found in solid fat and dairy products;
This sort of fat should be eaten in least quantities as to reduce raised blood
cholesterol. The cholesterol is a form of
fat that the body needs for manufacture of hormones and is needed in enzyme
systems. Our body is able to produce
the perfect quantity of cholesterol needed so we do not require the cholesterol from
an animal foods we eat. A high
level of blood choresterol can be a clear sign of a risk of heart attack and stroke.
2) Monounsaturated which is found in olive, sesame and rapeseed oils, avocado;
This fat can be used in our kitchen where it can be heated to higher temperatures
without oxidizing. The
monounsaturated fat do not lower blood cholesterol as much as the polyunsaturated
but it is preferable to use the
monounsatureted fat in cooking than the saturated fat.
3) Polyunsaturated which is found in nuts, walnuts, seeds, linseed, soya beans,
wheatgerm or oily fish;
This fat can be eaten more often as it is a source of omega-6 and omega-3 fatty
acids. They lower the risk of heart
attack and reduce the blood cholesterol.
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