Topic: Fats

Here are some tips on fat, let me know what you think!

Not all fats are bad! You have good fats and bad fats.

You’re bad fats are your saturated fats and trans fats. These fats can raise blood cholesterol levels and your LDL levels which is your “bad” cholesterol. You can look at the labels on your foods to see what you should avoid but, I will help you out with it here! Some foods that have saturated fats are your dairy, meat and seafood products as well as coconut oil, palm oil and palm kernel oil. Some of these foods are ok in a low fat or fat free form like your milk or cheese, and you can limit your red meat and seafood intake to just a couple times per week and you should be fine!

Trans fats are found in a lot of pre-packaged foods like microwave popcorn, and other “quick snacks”. Some other things to avoid with trans fats are your margarine and vegetable shortening.

Make sure you always double check your labels for these bad fats before you do your shopping!

Now for the good fats!

Your good fats are polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats. Monounsaturated fats lower your bad cholesterol (LDL) and they raise your good cholesterol (HDL). Some foods to look for that contain monounsaturated fats are nuts (peanuts, walnuts, almonds ect.), avocados, canola oil and olive oil. Your polyunsaturated fats also lower your LDL (bad cholesterol). Some foods to look for that have polyunsaturated fats are salmon, any fish oil (or fish oil supplement), corn, soy, safflower oil and sunflower oil.

Both monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats help aid in a healthy lifestyle as well as weight loss, joint, heart and cardiovascular health!

If you have any questions or comments please leave them on this blog!

Thank you,

Natalie