Articles about Fats (0-50 of 17177)

  • Roles Of Dietary Fats
    By: Touy | - Fats are a number of chemicals substances present in food. They've got one main property in accordance: They are not soluble in water. If you've ever attempted to blend vinegar and oil when making sauce for salad, you have noticed a principle of water and fat solubility directly.

    Fats are actually a subgroup in the fat-soluble substances known as lipids. Lipids contain fats, oil and cholesterol. Dietary fats such as shortening, margarine, and butter are often recognized from oils by ...

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  • Why We Need Healthy Fats In Our Daily Diets
    By: Brent Cullen | - The first thing that people think about when they are attempting to lose weight is to automatically cut back on the fat in their diet. Most commonly, they are advised to stay away from fast food establishments along with cutting back on drinking colas and to avoid frying their foods. Although all of these things are the sources of unhealthy storehouses of fat, the key to losing weight is not to completely do away with fat in your diet.

    Studies have been conducted and have shown that ...

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  • Paleo Diet Low Bad Fats High Good Fats
    By: Gail Mercedes | - Paleo is a good fat diet. What constitutes a good fats and bad fats? Bad fats are saturated fats. Saturated fats tend to be animal fats that are solid at room temperature. Saturated fats are also found in coconuts. Trans fats are processed vegetable oil. Processed foods are not allowed in Paleo Diet. Saturated fats and trans fat increases cholesterol and triglycerides levels in the blood. Saturated fats can have negative health results: hardening of the arteries, high blood pressure and hear ...
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  • Good Fats Verses Bad Fats - Why Does It Matter?
    By: Annette H. Williams | - When you go on a diet one of the first things that comes to your mind is eliminating fat. Right? Well, I would like to share with you some differences between good fats and bad fats. I know this must sound strange to you, and I understand! Because when you've been taught all your life that fat is bad, it's certainly quite a shocker! But if you keep reading, I assure you it will make sense momentarily.

    As I shared with you earlier, there are some fats that your body must have in orde ...

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  • Dropping Point Of Fats And Oils According To The Aocs Official Method
    By: Mettler Toledo | - Edible fats and oils are widely consumed in food products and used in food processing. The selection of suitable raw materials is paramount for the production of a high quality end-product. Unsuitable raw materials or mixtures may significantly impact on the quality of the end-product as well as on consumer satisfaction. Therefore, an exact knowledge of the thermal behavior of fats and oils under various temperatures is required.


    Dropping Point Determination
    The droppin ...

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  • The Skinny About Fats
    By: Kevin Cohen | - Many people make the assumption that eating fat makes you fat. However, this is not entirely true. In reality, our bodies need some fat to stay healthy and functional. Also many products that claim to be low fat or fat free are still high in calories, and many are packed with additional sugar or other additives to make up for the missing fat. There is also research that shows people on low-fat diets have the same risk of stroke, heart attacks, cardiovascular disease and obesity as those who aren ...
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  • Fish Oil Contains Healthy Fats For Optimal Health
    By: mannujoues | - As confusing as it may sound, there is such a thing as healthy fats. When most people think of foods that they should not eat, many of them immediately think of fatty foods. But there are good fats and bad fats. Some of the best are the omega-3 fatty acids, which are found in fish oil. A diet rich in coldwater seafood will enjoy these benefits the most, but fish oil can be a great supplement to your diet to help you enjoy the major benefits that the body enjoys from the healthy fats in seafood.< ...
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  • Could Fats In Fact Help You Lose Weight
    By: Steven Hendricks | - Fats are generally always seen as one thing that's really bad on the subject of losing weight. Folks actually believe that eating fats are exactly what keeps them fat, however you will soon realize that it is not always accurate. In case you end up eating no fats at all you will find that you will in fact be hurting your health, there are good fats you should eat.

    Something you will discover is that fatty acids are crucial for your health and also to help you lose weight as these f ...

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  • Learn To Reduce Body Fats Effectively And Safely
    By: aubreycomboy | - It is simple to lower calories when you are aware the best way to do it appropriately. It's not essential to get unsatisfied, and also won't need to go without food. To put it accurately, you can possibly reduce your caloric intake without difficulty and without pain. These suggestions are designed to instruct you on how to reduce body fats - and even bodyweight - starting at this point.

    How to Lose Body Fats through Good Substitutions

    It's not essential to stop having ...

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  • How To Cut Down The Trans Fats While Frying
    By: Dan Fonder | - A regulation has been carried out that trans fats should be included in the food nutrition labels. Trans fats are produced when liquid oils undergo the method of partial hydrogenation thus turning into a solid state. Flavor and shelf life are increased but then, it has a bad effect on our health.

    LDL cholesterol, also known as bad cholesterol is increased in the blood when these fats are taken. The risk for heart disease increases when you eat foods with high levels of trans fat.< ...

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  • What Fats Make You Fat?
    By: E. Dawson | - There are certain fats essential for many of our bodily functions, but then there are also fats that are known to lead us to unhealthy weight gain and many health related diseases.


    Fats To Keep Away From: Hydrogenated Oils


    You may have heard that hydrogenated oils are extremely bad for your health and to avoid them if you can. But what exactly are they? The chemical process, hydrogenation, is used to make fat more shelf stable. The hydrogenation method mak ...

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  • Lose Stomach Fat In Your 50s - Cut The Trans Fats
    By: William Burnell | - By the time we reach our 50s we have consumed an enormous amount of fat - some good, some bad. There are such things as good fats. In fact, some fat is essential for our bodies to function - most of the brain is made up of cholesterol and fat, of which about 50% is saturated fat. Fat protects the liver from potentially harmful substances and it is essential for proper lung function, a strong immune system and healthy bones. Our forbears gained this fat from animals and animal products but we hav ...
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  • Avoid Trans Fats To Lose Stomach Fat And Protect Your Heart
    By: William Burnell | - Trans fats are the killer fats. They are the ones that sit on your stomach and add to your overall weight, which puts a strain on your heart and your joints. What is worse, they have virtually no nutritional value. So why do we eat them? Simple, we eat them because they are in the food that we like. They are in most fast foods, shop bought cakes, cookies and margarines. Some governments have been working to control the amount in margarine and the move to reduce their use is gathering pace.

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  • Eliminating Fats Through Exercise
    By: Jill Cohen | - One of the goals of people nowadays particularly those who gain too much weight is how they can eliminate their excess fats. Actually, you dont need to go to surgeons just to get rid of those fats, you simply need to know exactly what are the causes and how can you eliminate them with no burden at all. Remember that when you go to a surgeon, you must need to check first your budget for you may undergo series of medications and treatments.

    Furthermore, you must need to rely on cor ...

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  • Losing Weight As Easy As 1, 2, 3
    By: Claire | - Many people spend hundreds, even thousands on weight loss programs and consultations; lots of money to spend for everything else. At times money and effort do not pay off for long. You might get thin in a few days or weeks but fats begin to build up again thereafter. But here are three simple, economical yet effective ways to a sustainable weight loss.

    1. Hydrate yourself
    If you are serious about losing weight, you need to consider the most essential part of your diet wa ...

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  • A High Five To Burning Fats
    By: Claire | -
    Who says only eating less or nothing can burn fat? You can actually eat more to burn more! Eat more of these top five fat burning foods so you can happily trim down, burn off fat much faster and with less effort.

    1. Chili
    Eat hot to be hot! Adding hot chili sauce in your diet can help you burn calories. Chili peppers offer many health benefits. They increase perspiration and metabolic rates, both ways of which can help in burning fats. Chili also contains antioxidants ...

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  • 5 Fantastic Benefits Of Polyunsaturated Fats
    By: Tom Parker | - There are two main types of polyunsaturated fat; omega 3 essential fatty acids (EFAs) and omega 6 EFAs. The health benefits of this type of fat (particularly omega 3s) have been well publicised in recent years with more and more research revealing the nutritional value of oily fish. In this article I am going to look into this topic in more detail and discuss five fantastic benefits of polyunsaturated fats.

    1) BETTER ABSORPTION OF FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS:- Omega 3 EFAs improve your ...

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  • The Truth About Trans Fats Revealed
    By: Tom Parker | - Trans fats are a type of unsaturated fat. In most cases they are artificially created through a process called hydrogenation but they can also occur naturally as vaccenic acid. People generally have a negative perception of this fat. But is it really that bad? In this article I will explain all and reveal the truth about trans fats.

    HOW MANY TYPES ARE THERE?

    There are two main types of trans fat; hydrogenated and vaccenic acid:

    1) HYDROGENATED:- T ...

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  • How To Train Your Fat Burning System To Burn Fats
    By: ArkAndrea | - For our bodies, Michael Pollen says it beautifully - "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants plus moderate exercise to enjoy the 5 sense experience!" Easier said than done! So, where does one go for sensible help?

    Dr. Phil Maffetone's philosophy on nutrition and exercise has changed people's lives including those of performance athletes and hundreds of patients. He brings an unconventional yet logical voice to solving health and fitness dysfunction in his book "In Fitness and In Heal ...

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  • An Introduction To Monounsaturated Fats
    By: Tom Parker | - Monounsaturated fats are a type of dietary fat that can be found in nuts, oils and seeds. The benefits of this macronutrient have been well publicised in recent years. Today I am going to look at this type of fat in greater detail.

    All dietary fats are constructed from carbon and hydrogen atoms. With monounsaturated fat the carbon atoms are bonded to hydrogen atoms at all but one point (hence the name 'mono'). It is a natural fat with a higher melting point than saturated fat ...

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  • The Truth About The 4 Dietary Fats
    By: Tom Parker | - Dietary fats are a much maligned macronutrient. They are often linked with negative conditions such as cancer, heart disease and obesity. However, without dietary fats your body cannot function properly. In this article I reveal the truth about the four dietary fats.

    Unlike the other macronutrients (carbohydrates and protein), dietary fats are very high in calories containing nine calories per gram (carbohydrates and protein contain four calories per gram). There are four diff ...

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  • The Truth About Saturated Fats
    By: Tom Parker | - Saturated fats are often given a lot of negative publicity. However, research suggests that they may not be as bad as many people believe and in fact may be quite healthy. In this article I will be taking a more detailed look at this type of dietary fat and reveal the truth behind it.

    All dietary fats are made from a combination of carbon and hydrogen atoms. With this type every carbon atom is bonded to (or 'saturated' with) a hydrogen atom. It has the highest melting point of ...

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  • An Introduction To Polyunsaturated Fats
    By: Tom Parker | - Polyunsaturated fats are an essential fatty acid (EFA) which means they cannot be produced by your body and must be sourced from diet alone. They can be found in various foods including dairy products, oily fish and nuts. There are two main types; omega 3 EFAs and omega 6 EFAs. In this article I will be covering this type of dietary fat in greater detail.

    Dietary fats are all made from a combination of carbon and hydrogen atoms. Polyunsaturated fats contain two or more double ...

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  • Good Fats Vs Bad
    By: Chicago Personal Trainer | - All three types of fat have the same number of calories (9 calories per gram), and none of them affect your insulin level much. So one won't make you any FATTER than another - but saturated fats will clog up your arteries and give you a heart attack - that's even worse than being fat!

    What about cholesterol? You can't live without cholesterol - it's a component of the plasma membrane in every cell in your body! Plants don't have cholesterol. It' is found only in animals. There are ...

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  • Losing Weight-fats To Avoid & Fats To Eat
    By: Ollie Lawson | - The widely held assumption is that fats are bad for you. That you must avoid them, or minimize your consumption if you are looking to lose weight and to maintain good health

    Yes, there are certain fats best avoided if you want to optimize your health and maintain a healthy weight.

    But conversely there are fats you have to eat to maintain good health.

    From a weight gaining perspective, it is important to understand that eating fat in general, does not make y ...

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  • Get Ripped Abs By Staying Away From These Fats
    By: Lisa Lockworth | - If you are looking to lose weight and get ripped abs you need to know what to eat but also what not to eat. There are good fats and bad fats. Most people, however, do not know which fats are the bad ones that they need to avoid. Here you will discover the fats to absolutely stay away from. These fats will destroy your weight loss and body toning efforts.

    You do need to eat healthy fats to lose weight and build muscle. The problem begins when you do not know what fats to stay away ...

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  • Steps To Lose Belly Fats
    By: alfred | - Belly is one of the most disturbing aspects of ones personal health. Fat in general can be hazardous to ones health. This is because it can become a source of unhealthy trans fats travelling through the blood stream and cause artery blockages and hence strokes. Belly fat can also create a habitation that is suitable for disease-carrying viruses and bacteria. It has also been proven that people who are obese struggle with a myriad of complications such as depression, low self-este ...
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  • Eat Good Fats Not Bad Fats
    By: Daniel Anderson | - Until this point in time you may have been one of those persons who are abrogating fat. I pray not.

    Fat is not the adversary, silly choices and trans and saturated fats are.

    Getting it on track

    Did you know that if you don't have sufficient fat we can die? That's how much we need fat and yet all you ever come across is how fat is a enemy to a nice physique.

    The honest truth is, a couple of fats are risky, while the majority of other ...

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  • Carbohydrates, Proteins, And Hidden Fats
    By: Dr. Don Miller | - Recent TV news showed that various food brands are offering low carbohydrate foods due to public demand. That just shows how poorly informed the public can be.

    The Mayo Clinic (mayoclinic-dot-com/ tells us that "Every day your body requires certain nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats and protein, to function properly. Too much of one nutrient or not enough of another can influence your health."

    Encyclopedia Britannica (britannica-dot-com) tells how carbohydrates ...

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  • The New Trans Fats""interesterified Fats
    By: Jason Yun | - Im sure you have heard of trans fats. Absolutely one of the worst things you can put into your body. You can find it in a lot of sweets, pastries, fried foods, popcorn, and a lot of other stuff. You have to be careful with it, cause even if it says trans fat free on the package it still could be in there. Yup, its a food company loophole. Just watch the ingredients. If it says hydrogenated, or partially hydrogenated, in it you can bet there are trans fats in it.
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  • Life And Health: Good Fats And Bad Fats
    By: Regina Meyer | - For many years we have heard that fats are bad for us. We have been told since the 1950s that high fat diets contribute to cardiovascular disease and since the average Western diet includes close to 40 percent of calories from fat, the American Heart Association has encouraged us to reduce or restrict fat in our diets. Manufacturers have jumped on the bandwagon and have given us products touted as being low fat or no fat, but although we have adjusted our diets, we have still gained ...
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  • The Importance Of Fats In Dieting
    By: Anna Williams | - An essential but often overlooked part of any nutritional diet or weight loss program is the consumption of sufficient healthy fats.

    Fats have incorrectly been given a bad name and have been wrongly viewed as something to avoid.

    There are unhealthy fats which can cause weight gain and health problems when consumed in excess. On the other side of the coin, there are healthy and essential fats which are necessary in the body and which actually assist in weight loss e ...

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  • Psoriasis Treatment - Oils And Fats
    By: Psoriasis Aid | - Oils and fats are often used both in topical and internal psoriasis treatment.

    Are any oils or fats really good for psoriasis? If yes, then how do we use them - internally or topically?

    From the dietary point of view, our body needs all types of natural fat. But do we get enough of each? And maybe we get too much of some?

    All fat (including fat in oils) has two main subcategories - unsaturated and saturated fat.

    SATURATED FAT
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  • Some Fats Are Good-- Don't Avoid These Super Healthy Fats
    By: Jason Yun | - The word 'fat' has a negative connotation in society. It's not a good word at all. Which is probably why a lot of people avoid it in their diets like the plague. Avoiding some fats like trans fats and saturated fats is a good thing. Those fats can cause a lot of different problems like pre-mature aging, heart disease, stroke, obesity, diabetes, and the always hideous subcutaneous body fat. Avoiding good healthy fats is not a good thing.

    Here's why—Eating healthy fats in your ...

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  • Cholesterol The Difference Between Good Fats And Bad Fats
    By: Chelsi Woolz | - For cholesterol management, some knowledge about fats is very essential. This helps to manipulate fat intake. Some fats are good and necessary for the body, while others are harmful.

    The fats that we intake as part of our daily diet, play an important role in our body. Apart from making the food more delicious, they help in proper growth and development of the body. Fats are also required for the absorption of the vitamins (A, D, E, and K), but fats can increase the cholesterol le ...

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  • Benefits Of Saturated Fats
    By: Paul Phillips | - Contrary to what you have been told with all of that very slick advertising and marketing and obsession with the low-fat or fat-free diet, saturated fats are not the harmful monsters they are sometimes portrayed to be. Saturated fats are in fact part of the necessary requirements for a healthy diet and are needed in adequate amounts for the body's metabolic nutritional requirements. They are found in meats, poultry skin, dairy products and a range of oils of the tropical sorts, like coconut and ...
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  • Anti-aging Essential Fats
    By: CarsonDanfield | - Essential Fats are so named because they are essential for optimum health however most people don't understand the importance and health benefits of the different types of fats.

    As the body doesn't manufacture essential fats and they are necessary for our longevity then we must get them from the consumption of the foods we have in our diet.

    Unfortunately the majority of people get their fats from the wrong sources of foods and in doing so have a detrimental affect o ...

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  • Omega-3 Fats From Fish Reduce The Risk Of Repeat Heart Attacks By As Much As 45%
    By: Emilia Klapp, R.D., B.S. | - Introduction
    Interest in the Mediterranean diet with its high content of Omega-3 fats from fish has skyrocketed in recent years, after it has been observed that people living in regions bordering the Mediterranean Sea appeared to live longer and suffer less from repeat heart attacks. In particular, a Mediterranean diet that includes fish has long been associated with a low rate of heart disease in countries such as Spain, Greece, and Italy.

    But whether or not a diet high in ...

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  • Trans Fats Will Keep You Fat!
    By: Simon Dainton | - Trans Fats, also known as Hydrogenated Fats and Oils lurk in processed foods. Everything from fast food to ready made meals and biscuits are packed full of it – even margarine! Look out for it on the ingredients list of your favourite foods. If it’s listed don’t eat it.
     
    This form of fat is a man made structure resembling plastic, added to foods to give them a longer shelf life and very hard for the body to process. Avoid it like the plague if you want good ...

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  • The Truth About Trans Fats
    By: Simon Dainton | - There’s a form of fat in foods, known as ‘Trans Fats’ that are bad for everyone’s health, particularly young women and their future fertility.
    This finding follows a recent study at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, where it was concluded that women who consume food containing Trans Fats face increased risk of infertility. The study found that for every 2 per cent increase in calories received from trans fats, a woman's risk of infertility increased b ...

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  • How To Eat For Health: Fats And Oils
    By: Charles Carter | - Fats are an extremely important part of a healthy diet, and the essential fatty acids are named essential for a reason. They aid in just about every bodily function as they play a crucial role in cell wall function. Working as a transporter, they pass oxygen and nutrients through the cell wall and help to keep invaders and other foreign bodies out of the cell. Other functions performed include brain cell function, immune system, nervous system and hormone function.

    So what is h ...

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  • Banning Trans Fats: Out Of The Frying Pan, Into The Fire
    By: Debbie Fontana | - Studies have shown that trans fats reduce our levels of HDL (the good cholesterol) and increase our levels of LDL (the bad cholesterol). All of which may be bad for your heart.

    So cities across the US have either already banned trans fats from their restaurants or are considering doing so. All in the name of protecting the public health.

    Also, many food companies are reformulating their foods to eliminate trans fats. But then they have to. Otherwise, they'll be port ...

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  • How Fast Food "'˜killer Fats' Lead Monkeys Straight Down The Path To Diabetes"'
    By: Robert P. Tracy | - We were shocked is the researcher response, after reviewing the results of a 6 year study, testing the impact of fast food killer fats', commonly known as trans fats, on Vervet monkeys.

    Chicago, Illinois October 12, 2006 The study, conducted by the Wake Forest University Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, replicated the typical human consumption of fast foods, cooked in trans or partially hydrogenated oils (PHO).

    One group of monkeys was fed a diet ...

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  • A Simple Way To Understand Fats
    By: Ng Peng Hock | - Don't take too much fats! This is a piece of advice we used to get from people around us. Are all fats bad for us? Of course no! Nevertheless, before we can decide which fats we should take and which fats we should not take, it is better to understand the nature of fats and where they can be found in the foods we consumed.

    For simplicity, we can classify these fats into three broad categories, namely unsaturated, saturated, and trans fats.

    Unsaturated Fats
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  • Regulation Of Trans Fats
    By: Mark Ransome | - Should we regulate the amount of trans fats contained in the food we eat? A Canadian government task force on trans fats is recommending that all vegetable oils and spreadable margarines have the trans fat content limited to 2% of the total fat content and all other foods be limited to a maximum of 5% of total fat content. These new regulations would decrease the average trans fat intake by at least 55%.

    What are trans fats? Fatty acids in foods are made up of polyunsaturated (lik ...

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  • The Dangers Of Trans Fats And How To Know If You're Eating Them
    By: Gary Ruplinger | - Trans fats, or Trans Fatty Acids, are a vegetable-based fat that is made when vegetable oils are hardened for use in shortening or margarine. Trans fats are found in baked and fried foods, such as cookies, fried fish or chicken and donuts, which are prepared using the hardened vegetable oil.

    The problem with eating Trans fats is that it contributes to clogging of the arteries, increases the presence of low density lipoprotein (LDL), which is the "bad" cholesterol, reduces the pres ...

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  • The Science Of Obesity: Fats & Cholesterol
    By: Rene Graeber | - For years we heard that a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet would keep us healthy and help us lose weight.

    And many of us jumped on the bandwagon, eliminating fat and high-cholesterol foods from our diets. Well, unfortunately, we were doing it all wrong.

    Instead of eliminating fat completely, we should have been eliminating the bad fats, the fats associated with obesity and heart disease and eating the good fats, the fats that actually help improve blood c ...

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