About Fats

Today, there is much controversy amount the topic of nutritional fats. Yes, it is a common belief that fats equal negative consequences, heart problems, clogged arteries, and many other health problems. Yet, fats also have played and play a very important role in our health. Indeed, fat plays a very important role even in how are brain works and functions. In fact, 60% of our brain is fat.

Now, in this article we will learn more about the different types of fats and how they contribute to our health. The first type of fats that we will consider are saturated fats. These types of fats can be found in cream, whole milk, and animal products. Coconuts are also another source of saturated fats.

Today is believed widely that saturated fats are detrimental to your health. Yet, saturated fats have a many benefits. For one, they help slow down absorption. This means that it helps you go longer without feeling hungry. Also, fats help to transport fat soluble vitamins and it is also necessary for mineral absorption and other processes that are very important to one's health.

Now, there are different types of saturated fats but in general it is safe to say that these types of saturated fats do not increase your cholesterol. Instead, they raise your good cholesterol, in general, more than they raise the bad cholesterol. What are some sources of saturated fats? These sources include avocados, butter, raw dairy, coconuts and coconut oil, raw nuts, and grass fed meats.

Now that we have learned that saturated fats are not as dangerous as people would like to believe, lets learn more about transaturated fats and monosaturated fats. Trans fats are fats from vegetable oil hardens and can raise bad cholesterol. Furthermore, these type of fats also lower the good type of cholesterol Thus, trans fats are responsible in many cases for being an important factor in the clogging of arteries, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes.

Finally, monosaturated fats are generally quite good for your health. In fact, research shows that eating foods that are high in monosaturated fats helps to improve blood cholesterol levels and can help to decrease the rist of heart disease.