Fats are an integral part of our daily diet but prioritizing healthy fats over unhealthy ones is of utmost importance. Healthy fats from vegetable sources can lower risk of heart attack, stroke and other major health problems.
During exercise, your body uses calories from the carbohydrates you have consumed. This is only temporary though, for after 20 minutes, the source of energy becomes fats.
Fats keep your skin and hair healthy. Vitamin A, D, E and K are fat soluble vitamins, without fats they cannot be utilized by the body. Fats also insulate your body. When you consume dietary fats, you provide your body with ‘essential fatty acids’ viz. Linoleic and Linolenic Acid which subsequently aid in a lot of the body’s physiological processes. They are called essential because our body cannot synthesize them and cannot work properly without them. It needs them for brain development, controlling inflammation and blood clotting.
All fats have saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. Fats are called unsaturated or unsaturated depending on each one’s quantity. If we consume a high quantity of saturated fats, it raises our LDL (Bad Cholesterol) levels. High LDL increases the risk of heart attack, stroke and other major health problems. On the other hand, consuming unsaturated fats instead of saturated fats lowers LDL. Consuming healthy fats rich in omega-3 and omega-6 leads to a reduction in the body’s white fats and also aids in muscle building.
Remember, consuming fats doesn’t make you fat! Consuming excess of anything can make you fat. So, don’t blame fats for that large waistline!
Kshitij Vashisth
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