The verdict is out! We should avoid trans fats and saturated fats all together.

 

Up until now there have been some conflicting reports on weather we should avoid saturated fats or not.

 

An extensive, three decades long, newly published longitudinal study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health examined the relationship between types of fats in the participants’ diets and overall deaths among the group during the study period, as well as deaths due to cardiovascular disease, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, and respiratory disease.

 

The findings show that higher consumption of saturated and trans fats was linked with higher mortality compared with the same number of calories from carbohydrates.

 

That means that we should avoid animal fats (lard, butter, fatty meats) but it also matters what we replace it with. Carbohydrates tend to have refined starch, sugar and trans fats that the study found to be linked to higher mortality rates by as much as 16% if you only add 2% of it to your diet. So don’t eat carbohydrates instead of saturated fats rather replace it with the “good” fats. Monounsaturated and Polyunsaturated fats are the deal!

 

By just increasing your consumption of unsaturated fats by 5% you could lower your risk of premature death by as much as 11% and 19%. That’s fish, nuts, seeds and avocado folks!

 

Basically you should be cutting back on red meat to incorporate more fish, nuts, and seeds, and replacing butter when cooking with a variety of liquid vegetable oils, such as olive, canola, and sunflower oil.  It’s also important to limit refined grains, potatoes, and added sugar.

 

Well to Wisezest that doesn’t sound that too bad. Let’s stay healthy and fit and enjoy good healthy food.

 

Our favorite “good” fats food at Wisezest:

 

Avocado

Sardines

Wild salmon

Nuts

Olive oil

 

Some foods to avoid:

 

Red meat

Lamb

Pork

Poultry with skin

Lard

Butter

Dairy products

Carbohydrates with trans fats:

Chocolates

Cereal

Baked goods

Fried foods