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Yes There Are Good Fats

For years, dieticians and physicians have preached the advantages of a low-
fat diet. We’ve been told that cutting back the amount of fat we eat is the key
to slimming down, managing cholesterol, and preventing health issues. But

when it comes to your mental and physical health, merely “cutting the fat”
simply doesn’t cut it.

Research demonstrates that, more than the total sum of fat in your diet, it’s
the sorts of fat you eat that truly matter. Bad fats add to your cholesterol and

your risk of particular diseases, while beneficial fats have the contrary effect,
protecting your heart and defending overall health. As a matter of fact, great

fats—like omega-3 fats—are utterly essential not only to your physical health
but your emotional welfare.

Add to your healthy diet:

• Monounsaturated fats, from plant oils like canola oil, peanut oil, and
olive oil, as well as avocados, nuts (like almonds, hazelnuts, and

pecans), and seeds (like pumpkin, sesame).

• Polyunsaturated fats, including Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids,
found in fatty fish like salmon, herring, mackerel, anchovies, sardines,
and some cold water fish oil supplements. Additional sources of

polyunsaturated fats are unheated sunflower, corn, soybean, and
flaxseed oils, and walnuts.

Cut back or eliminate from your diet:

• Saturated fats, found chiefly in animal sources including red meat and
whole milk dairy products.

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