Healthy fats and unhealthy fats: the basics
- thehenrymartin
- Jan 3, 2023
- 1 min read
Healthy fats are unsaturated fats
Healthy fat is sometimes called unsaturated fat.
Unsaturated fats can be monounsaturated or polyunsaturated.
Polyunsaturated fats include omega-3 fatty acids and omega-6 fatty acids.
Why unsaturated fats are healthy fats
Both monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats are healthy because they can help you avoid diseases like heart disease and stroke later in life. They do this by:
keeping your arteries clear
helping you produce good cholesterol and moving it around your body
reducing bad cholesterol, but only when they replace unhealthy fats in your diet.
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