Friday, July 17, 2009

Fats determine your health!




Consuming fats in excess in any form whether it is oil, animal fat or dairy products, it surely adds the fats to the body increasing its weight. Apart from this fat deposition, the fats are also seen in blood, causing clogging in the blood vessels and hence, blocking the free blood flow to the organs of action such as heart, kidney, brain and muscles etc. This not only impairs the action of these organs but also makes them to strain at work producing all the illnesses such as Heart attack and Stroke. There are many types of fats among which some are good to the health and others are not - bad. From where do they come into the body?


Saturated fatty acids:Dairy products, Lard, Butter, Coconut oil, Palm oil, Chocolates .... Bad, when you take routinely.
Poly unsaturated fatty acids - cis (PUFA): Sunflower oil, Safflower oil, Fish oil .... Good.
Poly unsaturated fatty acids - trans (Transfats): Artificially hydrogenated oils - Margarine .... Bad.
Mono saturated fatty acids: Nuts, Olive oil, Groundnut oil, Sesame oil .... Good.
Triglycerides: Coconut oil, Palm oil, Animal fats .... Bad, if these raise this fat to 150 mg/dL and above in blood.
Low density Lipoprotein (LDL): Animal fats, Plant oils, Chocolates, Margarine .... Bad, if LDL is 100 mg/dL & above.
High density Lipoprotein (HDL): Fish oil, Sunflower oil, safflower oil ... Good, if HDL is 60 mg/dL and above.
Cholesterol: Animal fats, Cheese, Egg yolk, Chocolates, Palm oil, Coconut oil .... Bad, if it is 240 mg/dL and above.



In addition to choosing the good and the best fat diet for the prevention of Heart disease and the Stroke, we should also add the following:
1) Doing Aerobic exercises
2) Taking Anti-oxidants
3) Weight losing

Let us live a
wonderful and healthy life by lowering these fats in our diet, and the body!

3 comments:

Betty said...

Sorry to tell you but are wrong about Coconut Oil and Palm Kernal oil. They are both very good for you and are like the only two saturated fats that do not turn to fat in the body but actually cleanse the liver and is very good for you.

Please checkout these websites:

http://www.coconutresearchcenter.org/resources.htm

http://westonaprice.org/search-results.html?cx=006599781855607243500%3Aofb8viwlk8e&cof=FORID%3A11&q=coconut+oil&sa=Search#1113

I have posted several articles myself about the benefits of coconut oil if you would like to read them.

Rob said...

I agree with the earlier comment about coconut oil. In fact, I'm seeing more of this product on the shelves at health food stores and in the vitamin section of places that I shop. Saturated fat is NO WHERE NEAR as bad as unnatural trans-fats that you find in any product that has the ingredient "hydrogenated oil".

Coconut oil is actually very good for you, and makes for a very flavorful (and healthy) oil for cooking (I use it for curry chicken all the time and it's very good.)

Learn Speaking English said...

Very great information

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