FATS

Done by JunKeat(32) and BaoXin(11) Of 3C

Some knowledge on fats that YOU should know.

2 Types of Fats

Saturated Fats

Unsaturated Fats

Saturated Fats

Saturated fat is found in animal fats origins and dairy products.

Sources:

Butter

Ghee

Lard

Marine Fish Oils

Saturated fats increase LDL (bad cholesterol) and decrease the HDL (good cholesterol).

They are SOLID at room temperature.

Unsaturated FatsUnsaturated fats increase HDL (good cholesterol) and decrease LDL (bad cholesterol)

But it doesn’t mean that you can eat whatever you want as cholesterol are still harmful to your body.

Unsaturated Fats is found in plants sources.

Sources:

Nuts

Avocado

Peanut Oil etc.

They are LIQUID at room temperature.

After introducing you the types of fats, you should be able to know what is good for intake and what is bad.

Now we shall proceed on with the effects of over consumption of fats and ways to reduce intake of fats.

Effects of over consumption of fats

Can lead to illness like :

Coronary Heart Disease

Obesity

Cancer

Hypertension ( High Blood Pressure )

Dietary Cholesterol

Ways to reduce intake of fats Bake instead of fry. Baking requires a lot less oil. The same

goes for snack food. There are now a lot of brands of potato chips that aren't fried but baked.

Choose lean meats, fish and poultry when preparing food.

Enjoy low-fat cheeses like ricotta and mozerella.

Request that your food be cooked without added or decreased of butter, margarine, gravy, or sauces when dining out.

Choose white meat (low fat) instead of red meat.

Cook your owl meal as you can control the amount of fats cooked.

So how do you reduce the fats in your body?

Another way is through EXERCISING!

Exercise can burn enough calories to force the body to burn fats.

Brisk-Walking helps to build up sweats to enable the reduce of fats.

Running, Jogging, Jumping and etc are ways to make your heart healthy and to allow you to perspire to enable quick fats reduction.

So, summarising it, Having great care on what you eat and to exercise is important for your health.

They also help you to reduce the amount of fats in your body.

And from now on, have a low-fat diet and exercise on daily basis to REDUCE FATS and to be HEALTHY!

Here’s two video to brighten the day up!

The first video is to children, it teaches them to eat right and eat what’s good for them.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arKj1xgWHZo

The second video is about a guy eating McDonalds for 30days in a row. It talks about his health problems and also the mental craves when he doesn’t eats it. So ENJOY it now!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2diPZOtty0

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