Originally published July 11 2005
Replacing bad fats with good fats
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
eDiets.com reports that the good fats are unsaturated fats, including monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, which help lower bad cholesterol and raise good cholesterol.
If you struggled with the answers you are not alone, according to a recent "Facts about Fats" consumer survey conducted by Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise.
fat" box for heart-healthy monounsaturated fats, which help lower LDL (bad) cholesterol and raise HDL (good) cholesterol.
Almost daily another study gets published citing new findings about what to eat.
With so many conflicting messages, people are almost afraid to make changes in their diet, says Darwin Deen, MD, professor of family medicine for the Department of Family and Social Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and co-author of Nutrition for Life (DK Publishing, 2005).
�oeThe major message about fat,� he says, �oeis there are healthy fats, just as there are healthy carbs.
They include monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats, which also help lower bad cholesterol and raise good cholesterol.
Unsaturated fats are usually liquid at room temperature.
Main sources of monounsaturated fat are olives, olive oil, canola oil, peanut oil, most nuts and nut butters and avocados.
Trans-fats are solid or semi-solid at room temperature, and are found in most margarines, vegetable shortening, hydrogenated vegetable oil and commercially prepared goods such as cookies, chips and fast-food French fries.
Both trans-fats and saturated fats are known to raise bad cholesterol and increase risk of heart disease, but it appears that trans-fats also lower good cholesterol.
The book is sub-titled �oeThe no-fad, no-nonsense approach to eating well and reaching your healthy weight.� For example, many people believe mayonnaise is an unhealthy food choice because it is made from eggs, but the medical nutritionist considers moderate amounts of the condiment a wholesome addition to most diets.
Mayonnaise contains a blend of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, as well as omega-3 (ALA) and omega-6 (LA) essential oils.
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