For over half a century, the majority of health care officials have been telling us that saturated fats are unhealthy and can lead to a plethora of problems like high cholesterol, obesity and heart disease. What's interesting to note, however, is that for the past half century, our cholesterol, obesity and heart disease rates have reached epidemic levels. Take a look down any grocery isle and you will find a multitude of products that are low-fat and fat-free. Now take a look at the grocery carts of your fellow shoppers and see how many of them have low-fat or fat-free products - many, if not most, are purchasing these products. So if we are purchasing and eating low-fat and fat-free products, why are we getting fatter as a nation??
The fact is, not all saturated fats are the same.
Some saturated fats are naturally occurring and others are artificially manipulated through a process called hydrogenation.
These man-made hydrogenated saturated fats are better known as trans-fats and they should be avoided at all costs! Our bodies do NOT need them and when we ingest them, our bodies react in ways that affect our state of health (remember these: cholesterol, obesity, heart disease??).
Read labels!! If you see the words hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated, put that item back on the shelf immediately.
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Which healthy fats (yes...there certainly are such things) should be a part of your daily nutritional intake.
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