Healthy Fats?

We need HEALTHY fats in our diet!  Here are a few tips on healthy fats.  There are so many “fat-free” products on the shelves now; I recommend reading the back of these products carefully.  Once the fat is stripped from foods replacements are usually gums, sugars and starches…less filling and not very healthy, right?  You’re better off with a half teaspoon of the real thing than two tablespoons of the fake.

Some fats are definitely unhealthy.  Among them are: heated, bleached and deodorized oils, and hydrogenated fats such as margarine and shortening. These contain Trans-fatty acids, which can double the rate of heart attack and raise the LDL, or bad cholesterol.

Of course there are such things as GOOD quality fat! Among the best are: extra virgin olive oil, unrefined sesame and sunflower oil, unrefined flax seed oil, walnut oil, organic butter and clarified butter. Omega 3 fatty acids are in fresh dark cold water fish like salmon and mackerel, as well as in flax seed oil. Omega 6’s are in the sesame and sunflower oil. Fresh organic butter from healthy grass fed cows can be an excellent source of natural Vitamin A. 

Eat clean, eat wise, stay healthy! 

Best,

Megan