Healthy vs. Unhealthy Fats: What’s What These Days?

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s an herbed salad recipe</a> that incorporates multiple sources of monounsaturated fats, including olive oil, pumpkin seeds and avocados.</p></blockquote><h1 id="0671">Omega-3 Fatty Acids</h1><p id="5e2d">Omega-3 fatty acids are the ultimate good fat for your heart and brain. They not only reduce your risk for heart disease, but also for heart arrhythmia and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia.</p><p id="459b">You’ve probably heard of fish oil supplements, which contain omega-3 fats. However, you can incorporate omega-3s into your daily diet by eating fatty fish like salmon, sardines, trout, tuna, cod and herring.</p><blockquote id="b388"><p>Try this <a href="https://www.spendwithpennies.com/herb-baked-salmon/">herb-crusted baked salmon recipe</a> any night of the week for an omega-3 boost.</p></blockquote><h1 id="b21b">Omega-6 Fatty Acids</h1><p id="b9ca">Omega-6 fatty acids also have cholesterol-lowering benefits for your heart, as long as you eat

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them at a ratio between 2 to 1 and 4 to 1 omega-6s to omega-3s. You can find omega-6s in vegetable oils like palm oil and canola oil.</p><h1 id="f066">Medium-Chain Triglycerides (MCTs)</h1><p id="24f3">Medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) are a type of saturated fat that is good for you. MCTs boost your brain function and energy levels.</p><p id="e477">They’re shown to lower your risk for Alzheimer’s disease and even improve symptoms in people who have the disease. Coconut oil is a great source of MCTs with a host of other benefits as well.</p><h1 id="c9ee">Conclusion</h1><p id="5272">Fats play a protective role in your body (as well as your brain) on a cellular level. They’re just as important as protein, even though they’re high in calories.</p><p id="5521">As long as you’re getting the right types of fats and eating fatty foods in moderation, these important nutrients will benefit your health, give you energy and even protect your brain as you age.</p></article></body>

Healthy vs. Unhealthy Fats: What’s What These Days?

With the trending diets out there today, from keto to vegan, confusion abounds about whether fat is good or bad, and which types of fat are healthy and not.

Forget everything you’ve ever heard about fat.

What’s important is understanding the effects each type of fat has in the body. Hopefully, this can help you make healthier choices with all the options available.

Monounsaturated Fats

Monounsaturated fats are good fats shown to lower your cholesterol levels and your risk for heart disease. They’re in seeds, nuts, nut butter, olive oil and avocados.

Here’s an herbed salad recipe that incorporates multiple sources of monounsaturated fats, including olive oil, pumpkin seeds and avocados.

Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Omega-3 fatty acids are the ultimate good fat for your heart and brain. They not only reduce your risk for heart disease, but also for heart arrhythmia and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia.

You’ve probably heard of fish oil supplements, which contain omega-3 fats. However, you can incorporate omega-3s into your daily diet by eating fatty fish like salmon, sardines, trout, tuna, cod and herring.

Try this herb-crusted baked salmon recipe any night of the week for an omega-3 boost.

Medium-Chain Triglycerides (MCTs)

Medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) are a type of saturated fat that is good for you. MCTs boost your brain function and energy levels.

They’re shown to lower your risk for Alzheimer’s disease and even improve symptoms in people who have the disease. Coconut oil is a great source of MCTs with a host of other benefits as well.

Conclusion

Fats play a protective role in your body (as well as your brain) on a cellular level. They’re just as important as protein, even though they’re high in calories.

As long as you’re getting the right types of fats and eating fatty foods in moderation, these important nutrients will benefit your health, give you energy and even protect your brain as you age.