{"id":5065,"date":"2016-09-22T15:37:37","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T19:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joinastudy.ca\/?p=5065"},"modified":"2018-08-09T14:13:15","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T18:13:15","slug":"cardiovascular-disease-risk-factors-are-fats-good-or-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joinastudy.ca\/fr\/cardiovascular-disease-risk-factors-are-fats-good-or-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: Are Fats Good or Bad?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chances are you’ve heard conflicting information about dietary fats. Take butter, for instance. Butter was once in everyone’s bad books. It was so bad for us, in fact, that margarine was the recommended substitute<\/a> for people trying to avoid saturated fats.<\/p>\n

Margarine has since been called \u00ab\u00a0deadly<\/a>\u00a0\u00bb for health, while butter appears to be making a comeback, at least according to some sources<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But this ongoing war between butter and margarine hints at a bigger question. Which fats are good and which fats are bad? How is the average person supposed to tell the difference?<\/p>\n

If you want to eat healthy to lower your risk of cardiovascular disease, which fats should you avoid and which fats are okay in moderate quantities? Figuring out the answer takes a basic understanding of how your body uses different types of fats.<\/p>\n

How Does the Body Use Fat?<\/h2>\n

Healthy fats are used by the body to supply calories, construct cell membranes, insulate nerves, and store and use essential fat-soluble vitamins<\/a>, such as vitamins A, D, E, and K. But not all fats help your body to accomplish these things.<\/p>\n

The most important thing you can do to monitor your fat intake is to choose the right types of fats in your diet. So, let’s take a look at the various types of fat.<\/p>\n

Types of Fat: Not All Fats Are Created Equal<\/h2>\n

There are three types of dietary fat. They include:<\/h2>\n

Saturated fats.<\/h3>\n

Saturated fats mostly come from animals. Products like butter, cheese, and meats all contain saturated fats, as do eggs and poultry. Some types of vegetable oils, including palm oil, also contain saturated fats.<\/p>\n

Highly processed food also contains saturated fat, this includes:<\/p>\n