- Good fats are, with a couple of exceptions, liquid at room temperature. Olive oil, flax seed oil (liquid gold), canola oil, fish oils. Other good fats that are not liquid at room temperature are avocados, nuts and seeds, and olives. These are all primarily unsaturated fats.
- Bad fats are generally somewhat hard at room temperature. Lard, butter, cream, cheeses. The fat in fatty pieces of meat. Also, two that are bad and yet liquid at room temperature are coconut oil and palm oil. These are primarily saturated fats. So…What’s the difference? I like the taste of butter better than olive oil…
Bad fats have a very hard time getting out of the body. They clog. They clog our arteries. They clog our heart. They get stuck and cause our hearts to slow down. They cause our blood pressure to go up. They don’t have the ability to lubricate our bodies. Our joints hurt. Our skin is dry. Our hair is brittle or stops growing.
We need fats in our diet. Fats lubricate our bodies from the inside out. They lubricate our joints, so they don’t hurt; they lubricate our skin, so it doesn’t dry out and they lubricate our hair and give it that shinny look, naturally. Good fats work their way out of the body through our pours. The less fats are heated (as in cooking, sautéing, and frying), the less likely they are to get clogged in our pours (which produces blemishes), on their way out.
Although fats are wonderful and much needed by the body, they are concentrated forms of energy and need to be used very sparingly. Exactly how much fat you need is going to be determined by the goal weight you desire.
Do you get it? Good fats in moderation, keep us looking beautiful, without pain in our joints, from the inside out. Butter or olive oil…you make the call!
