Healthy Fats vs Unhealthy Fats

Did you know that we need FAT in order to burn FAT?! Did you know this? I remember when I discovered this my jaw dropped to the floor. I was avoiding certain foods for a long time, because I thought that I was going to gain weight by eating them. When in fact by adding them to my diet it enhanced my bodies metabolism, which changed a lot of things. BUT! Here is the most important thing to know... there are two kinds of fats. You need to understand the difference between GOOD FATS and BAD FATS! No worries, because I'm going to share what I've learned with you. 

Olive Oil

Natural Peanut Butter

Canola Oil

Avocados

Cheese!

Green and Black Olives

 Now, do note that even though you are permitted to eat these lovely, delicious, pure foods, especially when made with NATURAL ingredients (Cheese, Peanut Butter low in Sugar and Fat) it is only effective and healthy when combined in a balanced diet. If all you did were to eat these items and these items alone... well, you would most likely be overweight, because these items; after all, are highly concentrated in FAT! But, these GOOD fats are essential to your bodily functions. What is it that makes this so? These items have essential amino fatty acids (3's, 6's and 9's) in them, which are different in comparison to SATURATED FATS!(bleckh!) SATURATED FATS are BAD! Saturated fats clog your arteries, are harder for your body to breakdown and digest, so overtime the stuff compounds and if you're not doing other things like eating fruits, veggies, staying hydrated with the one and only H20, and working out... You'll regretfully end up somewhere that you could have prevented, cardiac arrest. HEART ATTACK! That's just one of the many downfalls of consuming too much saturated fatty foods over time.

Essential, think about that for a second. Essential by definition means absolutely necessary; extremely important. In the dictionary in terms of Biochemistry • Biochemistry (of an amino acid or fatty acid) required for normal growth but notsynthesized in the body and therefore necessary in the diet. NOT Synthesized! Our bodies don't create these fatty acids on their own, which is extremely important to include these fatty amino acids, otherwise known as Omega 3, 6, and 9's,  into your daily diet. Why? What do they do for our bodies? 

These essential fats must be consumed because we can't get them into our bodies any other way AND they help with the functioning and development of our brain! You know that BIG organ in our heads that helps us process thought, motor skills, chemical development otherwise understood as hormonal communication = that is, hormones are the natural chemicals produced by the body along with our natural energy transmitted throughout our body to tell it what to do! To reproduce new cells for growing hair, muscular function, new cells to heal, protect and attack foreign invaders to keep us from getting sick, or when we fall down and break something. These essential fatty acids help to keep us SMART! We all want that, right? So, why would we not include these items in our daily diet? 

Now, the above have one or more of the Omega Fats, but not all three. In order to get a little of all of the fatty acids; we need to consume other sources of foods to get those Omega 9's. Which these do tend to be high in fat, but remember these are GOOD fats. You can consume more of the following items than you can items high in Saturated fats (bleckh!) like Red Meats and Junk Food! 

Walnuts

Flaxseed

Beans

Spinach

Salmon

Lentils

Pecans

Broccoli

Eggs

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To be continued: I'll write about the above foods to tell you which essential amino acids are in each food item above and what they specifically do for your body! I'll also give you examples of Unhealthy fats!