Let us talk about FATS. There are different types of fats that need to be discussed. There are truths and myths about fats. Many individuals have a misconception about fats.
First of all , ingesting fats does not make you gain fat. Although certain fats are not healthy, a balanced diet of the right type of fats will NOT make you gain weight There are some studies that reveal eating avocados, nuts and eggs can be beneficial and even help weight loss. This is opposite of eats fats from processed foods as these will make you gain weight
Saturated fats consumption is more controversial. It’s true that saturated fat increases well-known heart disease risk factors, such as LDL (bad) cholesterol and apolipoprotein B. I always do lipid fractions on my heart patients. It is NOIT a number game but a fraction one . Yoiu might know your LDL ( bad cholesterol ) but do you know if your LDL is made of large fluffy or small dense particles
However, saturated fat intake tends to increase the amount of large, fluffy LDL particles, but decrease the amount of smaller, denser LDL particles that are linked to heart disease. Plus, research has demonstrated that certain types of saturated fat may increase heart-protective HDL cholesterol. In fact, numerous large studies have found no consistent association between saturated fat intake and heart disease, heart attack, or heart-disease-related death.
Lastly we know that diabetes will lead to heart disease. I rather say that diabetes and heart disease are siblings. This means that every diabetic or unstable blood sugar patient does or can develop some form of heart disease. Although consuming certain fat-rich foods, such as trans fat, fatty baked goods, and fast food, can indeed increase your risk of diabetes, research has shown that other high fat foods may offer protection against its development. For example, fatty fish, full fat dairy, avocados, olive oil, and nuts are high fat foods that have all been shown to improve blood sugar and insulin levels and potentially protect against diabetes development.