The Good fats and bad fats you eat

You've probably heard of good fats and bad fats, but it is another fat that you probably have not heard much, they are sometimes called hidden fats.

First of all I'm going to run through the bad fat, saturated fat, are generally solid fats, found in butter, fatty meats, also in takeaways and biscuits or cookies. As you know, it's good
cholesterol and bad cholesterol, this type of fat can increase the level of harmful and bad cholesterol and lower your good cholesterol.

They can increase your chances of developing heart disease or stroke. It is a type, you should try to reduce your intake.

This is a hidden, it is called trans. They are unsaturated fats, but they behave the same way as saturated fats, they can reduce the levels of good cholesterol and increase bad cholesterol levels.

They are found in small amounts in beef and lamb, milk and cheese. The cause of trans worse, comes from the food processing, when vegetable oils are heated to high temperatures and hydrogenated oils to make such as disks in cooking fats, margarine and shortening for baking.

They can be hidden in the foods you eat probably fairly regularly, like fast food takeaway meals, pies and cakes.

It is dangerous for the most serious health in oils, because you do not even know it's in the product, also the fact that it is primarily in the common daily food consumed. Think French Fies, chips, meat pies, pastries, cookies, or cookies, chocolate, some margarines.

Good fats, polyunsaturated fats, they are very good for reducing cholesterol levels, where are these goodies found?, Are found in seafood, the germ of all cereals in general they are extracted from seeds to make cooking oils.

Monounsaturated fatty acids, they help you reduce cholesterol levels, they are naturally found in avocados, peanuts, almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, Brazill nuts, olives and olive oil and peanut oil , you have a good selection of these good oils to start using them, you will benefit in the end, to better health.

Omega-3 fats, they are similar to polyunsaturated oils, very good for the health of your heart, because they can lower triglycerides and thins your blood, just a little. Where can I get these little beauties? They are in most seafood, particularly fatty fish naturally.

It will not harm you in any way, I know many people like seafood but there are also many who hate the things. However, if you can eat seafood, you must have on your menu at least once a week, and I do not mean the fish is fried in a thick paste.

If you are really unable to eat fish because you do not like so much, you might consider having omega-3 in supplement form, such as capsules.

Omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty they are found in nuts and seeds and soy and safflower oils.
Hundred years or so ago, heart disease was almost unknown, why? Because everyone was eating foods that were natural, not processed fast foods we eat today.

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