2.31 Saturated Fats
Saturated fats are mostly derived from animals, but some plant based foods have saturated fats in them such as coconuts. The term “saturated” means...
2.32 Unsaturated Fats
Unsaturated fats include monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. These fats are liquid at room temperature. These types of fats are considered good...
2.33 Hydrogenated Fats/Oils
Hydrogenated fats are artificially produced. These are usually derived from unsaturated vegetable oils when hydrogen atoms are forced chemically into...
2.34 Trans Fats
Trans fatty acids, a.k.a. “trans fat”, are mostly artificially produced through the chemical process of hydrogenation of unsaturated oils. There are...
2.35 Calories in Fat
Fat has more calories per gram than protein or carbohydrates. This is true no matter what type of fat we are talking about. For each gram of fat that...
2.36 Foods High in Fat
We discussed previously which foods have which type of fat in them, but which foods are just high in fat in general? Here is a quick list of the foods...
2.38 Fat Summary and Conclusions
In general, a good heart healthy diet is low in fat, however, the calories that you do get from fat should be the healthy unsaturated fat from natural...