fats
Saturated Fats In Coconut Oil May Not Be Bad For Health
You probably know that saturated fats are bad fats that can cause all kinds of heart related diseases. Did you know that and the humble coconut oil has 92% saturated fats? Then why is it that there are many advocates of taking coconut oil as a health supplement? Isn’t that contradictory? Supporters of virgin coconut [...]
Trans Fats are Another Cause of High Blood Pressure
When the demand for butter exceeded the ability of farmers to supply this desirable fat … the search for a substitute started us on a road to trans fats, heart disease, and high blood pressure. Not until 20 years ago did we finally discover the dangers of trans fats. ~ How Did Trans Fats Enter [...]
All Fats Are Definitely Not Equal
Earlier this year, there were news reports that a major study found that a low-fat diet doesn’t prevent breast or colon cancer or heart disease in women. That was scary! The study–the Women’s Health Initiative, the largest health assessment ever of postmenopausal women–treated all fats as though they were the same. So, for the purposes [...]
About Fats and Carbohydrates in the Food
In the world of diet nutrition, recently both fats and carbohydrates have been seen as the villains we wage our war of weight against. First it was fat that was causing all of the problems. Then, carbohydrates became the bad guys, and fats were see as not so bad, as long as you chose the [...]