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Date: September 25, 2007
Why do health
conscious professionals continually preach about reducing the fats
and eliminating the bad fats altogether in our diets? Several
reasons, the first being they lead to numerous health problems
including elevated cholesterol, heart problems, diabetes, and
obesity. It is important to understand how fat calories compare to
carbohydrate and protein calories.
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Gram of Fat
equals 9 calories compared to a Gram of Protein or Gram of
Carbohydrate that each equal 4 calories.
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Saturated
Fats such as those that come from animals like butter,
bream and fat in, and on, meat stays hard at room temperature
and causes the most health problems. If it stays hard at room
temp, it is doing the same in your body.
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Unsaturated
Fats like olive oil, avocado, nuts, nut butters, flaxseed
Oil and any vegetable oil are very nourishing to the body but
consume in moderation; 3 to 4 tablespoons a day are usually
adequate on average.
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Avoid Fried
Foods as much as possible because their high concentration
of greasy fat makes them extremely high in calories and fat
grams as a result of the frying process.
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Watch Full
Fat Dairy because the fat in these products is exactly what
you get in full cream and butter-the heavy fat that rises to the
top of fresh unpasteurized milk.
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Good Fats in
Moderation are key to a healthy mind and body, but
MODERATION is truly the key in this food group.
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