Fats and Oils Fats and Oils Includes mustard

Fats and Oils

Fats and Oils Includes mustard seed oil, margarine, olive oil, peanut oil, coconut oil, cotton seed oil.

The Two Most Important fats one bad and one good • The bad fat is saturated fats which is things that are found in meat, eggs and cheese. • The good kind is unsaturated fat which is liquid at room temperature and have been divided into two groups. Monounsaturated fats such as olive oil, and polyunsaturated fats such as sunflower oil.

Facts about fats and oils 1. Fat is the 'energy reserve' of animals, plants and humans. 1. The ideal body-fat ratio should be approximately 19 -26% of a woman's body weight, and 1218% of a man's body weight.

Facts about fats and oils 3. Fat contributes to the palatability, texture and the smell of many foods, it also slows down the process of digestion providing an extended period of satiation after a meal.

Facts about fats and oils 4. Essential fats must come from the diet because your body cannot produce them. The essential healthy fats are Omega 3 and Omega 6 (known as essential fatty acids). 5. Weight for weight, fat provides more than twice the amount of usable energy than carbohydrates or protein (you'll find 9 calories in every gram of fat).

Facts about fats and oils 6. There are two different types of body fat - brown and yellow. Brown fat is situated inside the body and is 'active', containing mitochondria that produce heat and as a result burn energy. Yellow fat is found nearer the surface, is less active and more likely to accumulate. Women tend to have a higher ratio of yellow fat than men. 7. An average healthy intake of good fats in the diet should be approximately 30 -40 grams a day. The fat content of diets in affluent populations can be nearly four times this amount!