Monday, June 13, 2011

Diet Makeover! (Continued) day 5

Ok, so now I know what complex carbohydrates are, but what are healthy fats?
To keep this as simple as possible we will split fats into 2 main categories, good fats and bad fats. Then we will split each of those into 2 subcategories.

There are 2 main types of good fats, monounsaturated fat, and polyunsaturated fat. From these 2 groups the fats and foods that contain these fats are as follows; olive oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, peanut oil, sesame oil, avocados, olives, nuts (almonds, peanuts, macadamia nuts, hazelnuts, pecans, cashews, walnuts), peanut butter, soybean oil, corn oil, safflower oil, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, flaxseed, fatty fish (salmon, tuna, mackerel, herring, trout, sardines), soymilk, and tofu.

On the bad fat side the 2 main groups are saturated fat, and trans fat. From these 2 groups the fats and foods that contain these fats are as follows; high-fat cuts of meat (beef, lamb, pork), chicken with the skin, whole-fat dairy products (milk and cream), butter, cheese, ice cream, palm and coconut oil, lard, commercially-baked pastries, cookies, doughnuts, muffins, cakes, pizza dough, packaged snack foods (crackers, microwave popcorn, chips), stick margarine, vegetable shortening, fried foods (french fries, fried chicken, chicken nuggets, breaded fish), and candy bars. The objective is not to remove fat from your diet but rather to have as much of your dietary fat come form the good fats as possible, and consume as little as possible of the bad fats.

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