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‘Fabulous Fats’ Food Plan

How many times have you heard over your lifetime, that fats are not good for your heart? Yip, me
too. Nowadays though, the news about fats is changing. Not all fats though. Some are still very
unhealthy, but some aren’t the unhealthy-culprit they used to be. As menopause arrives, we need
to focus on fats – those that we need, those that we don’t. The ‘fabulous fats’ are needed for
your heart health, immune health, to carry fat-soluble vitamins and to help make hormones. You
need some of these every day. With the right type and amount of fats, your immune system will
love you and work harder to do its job of keeping you healthy and inflammation-free as you
transition through menopause.

Fats (lipids) exist in the body in many forms. This includes:

 Triglycerides - the major form of lipid in the body & food.
 Free Fatty Acids
 Phospholipids - essential to all cells and these participate in fat digestion, absorption and
transport.
 Sterols, e.g. cholesterol. Found only in foods
containing animal products Fast Facts:
 Fats are actually called ‘Lipids’.
Fat and fat deposits are hugely important to your health. Fat The lipids that go hard at room
functions to: temperature are called ‘Fats’
(butter, cheese, fat around
 Provide longer term energy and reserves meat). These are ‘saturated’
fats.
 Protect organs

 Act as a heat insulator  Lipids that remain as liquids
 Transport fat-soluble vitamins and minerals are called ‘Oils’. A range of oils
 Support the structure of cell membranes exist, but some are healthy for
you in menopause, some
Going ‘fat-free’ is no longer relevant. During menopause, you aren’t.
need fat in your diet to not only sustain a healthy immune

system but to keep your cells free from inflammatory changes. There are three functions of fats
that MyMT™ want you to focus on for menopause and healthy ageing. These are the fats that:

1. Carry vitamins and minerals
2. Help to decrease cell inflammation
3. Occur naturally in certain foods (cis fats) and are not man-made, harmful ‘trans fats’.

Fats to Forget