Showing posts with label Fats: Friend or Foe?. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fats: Friend or Foe?. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Fats: Friend or Foe?


We all know that. If you eat too much fat, you become overweight. What you probably may not know is that fats are essential for us to survive and a diet low in fat can be dangerous.

Consider these facts: fats have high energy value; they provide essential fatty acids and help in the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins. Being a poor conductor of heat, fats also insulate the body. Of course, an excess of anything is bad. Similarly, excessive fat leads to obesity, heart disease, and other problems.

Did you know that fats can be broken down into saturated and unsaturated?

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