Know More About Fat

I found this information from the HK Central Health Education Unit website about fat and other information on health and nutrition. I, myself, do not really know much about the different types of fat.

From the web page, I found out that there are two types of fat: unsaturated and saturated fat. Unsaturated fat can be further divided into two types: mono-unsaturated and poly-unsaturated fat. At appropriate amounts, both can help to reduce the level of harmful cholesterol in the blood stream and prevent blockage of the arteries. Also, unsaturated fat is liquid at room temperature.

On the other hand, saturated fat increases clotting activity in the blood stream and thus developing arterial thickening, which leads to strokes, heart attack and other forms of damage. It stimulates the production of cholesterol by our liver. Therefore excessive levels of saturated fats cause an increase in a harmful type of cholesterol that impedes blood flow, and causes more damage to your health than direct consumption of cholesterol. Also, saturated fat is solid at room temperature.

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