People assume that food labelled "fat free", " reduced fat" or "low fats" are better for them and help them lose their weight. Fat free labelled product available in market are actually fat free. But fat free is not tasty ,to make them tasty they are loaded with sugar and additives. This means that they contain more calories. Your weight goes up instead of going down. So stop eating fat free but eat a healthy fat diet.
Some people mistakenly cut all types of fats from their diet due to bad reputation of fats. The type of fat you eat is more important than amount of fat. Its true that fat supplies more than twice the calories per gram of carbohydrates. Our body needs healthy fats. Fats do more than supplying calories. There are two types of fats "essential fats" that are needed by body because our body cannot prepared it so we have to take it in our diet. The second one is "non essential fats" that our body made and no need to take them in diet but we take it unconsciously.
Omega-3 fatty acid is included in essential fats , it is important for maintaining healthy blood vessels, making hormones and for the correct functioning of nervous system. Fats also help in absorbing fat soluble vitamins like vitamin A,E,D and K. If these vitamins are not absorbed by body then it can have adverse effect on our immune system, body's ability to heal itself and on bone health. Mono unsaturated fats like canola and olive oil and poly unsaturated fats like those that found in tuna and salmon help in lowering LDL ( bad cholesterol) in blood. Unhealthy fats that should be excluded from diet are the "saturated fats" found in beef, pork ,butter,Trans fats found in partially hydrogenated oil. Saturated fats is responsible for clogging arteries and increase cholesterol level.
Eating too much fat is bad for health so focus your diet on healthier fats like fish, nuts, seeds, avocado and olive oil. Omega-3 fatty acid intake should be higher than omega-6 but age and gender are important factor.
Some people mistakenly cut all types of fats from their diet due to bad reputation of fats. The type of fat you eat is more important than amount of fat. Its true that fat supplies more than twice the calories per gram of carbohydrates. Our body needs healthy fats. Fats do more than supplying calories. There are two types of fats "essential fats" that are needed by body because our body cannot prepared it so we have to take it in our diet. The second one is "non essential fats" that our body made and no need to take them in diet but we take it unconsciously.
Omega-3 fatty acid is included in essential fats , it is important for maintaining healthy blood vessels, making hormones and for the correct functioning of nervous system. Fats also help in absorbing fat soluble vitamins like vitamin A,E,D and K. If these vitamins are not absorbed by body then it can have adverse effect on our immune system, body's ability to heal itself and on bone health. Mono unsaturated fats like canola and olive oil and poly unsaturated fats like those that found in tuna and salmon help in lowering LDL ( bad cholesterol) in blood. Unhealthy fats that should be excluded from diet are the "saturated fats" found in beef, pork ,butter,Trans fats found in partially hydrogenated oil. Saturated fats is responsible for clogging arteries and increase cholesterol level.
Eating too much fat is bad for health so focus your diet on healthier fats like fish, nuts, seeds, avocado and olive oil. Omega-3 fatty acid intake should be higher than omega-6 but age and gender are important factor.
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