How To Identify Good And Bad Fats ?

As I’ve previously mentioned,we need adequate amounts of healthy fibrous carbohydrates, protein, and healthy fats to maintain good health .So if you refrain from consuming some of these nutrients you wont get lean soon and it will affect your health as well. So now that we’ve established that eating adequate amounts (generally 20-40% of your total calories) of healthy fats will actually help you lose body fat.

Now  let’s examine which fats are good and which are bad. 

To understand which fats are healthy and which are unhealthy, just ask yourself the following simple questions:

•For plant based fat sources - Is it a minimally processed natural product or a heavily processed fat.

•For animal based fat sources (meat or dairy) - Did it originate from farm animals or from free grazing animals?

I guess the answer becomes intutive once you answer these questions.

Now moving on to plant based fats.It is important to know that the saturated fats in minimally processed oils such as coconut oil, palm oil have received an undeserved bad rap.You can see that if a source of dietary fat is unprocessed and natural, it will be healthy, regardless of whether it is mostly saturated, polyunsaturated, or monounsaturated.