Fats That Heal – Fats That Kill Part Two

When it comes to the difference of opinion surrounding fats there is always the question of degree. Each side will tell you the truth and then show you the evidence to support either argument. It is this evidence that will convince you one way or the other. The evidence for each side is as follows:

1. Fats do not make you fat. Fat provides adequate energy and nutrients when combined with proper diet and exercise. It does not cause weight gain.

2. Fats play a role in many diseases, including heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and cancer. Eating fat provides some protection from these diseases.

To respond to the argument that excess dietary fat causes weight gain, we need to understand the mechanism of how this happens. As we understand how the body really works we can appreciate that too much fat is not healthy. Each cell in the body has a negative charge associated with it. This negative charge comes from the molecules stuck to the sides of the cell and having negative oxygen atoms associated with them. These negative oxygen atoms or commonly known as free radicals. These free radicals will seek to combine with other molecules to form compounds called Free Radicals. Although not all free radicals are bad, together with many toxic ones, they can accelerate the ageing process, damage cell walls, and start to concoct mutations leading to cancers and wrinkleres. Free radicals can attack cell membranes, DNA and protein surrounding cells.

Some free radical fighters, such as Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selenium, Manganese, and others will act as free antioxidant enzymes to fight oxidative DNA damage and thus free radicals. Without antioxidants, free radicals become highly unstable particles that lose stability and eventually start to travel through the bloodstream causing a host of complications. Free radicals become a greater threat to the body when oxygen is available throughout the body rather than during a times of decreased oxygen levels. Low oxygen levels are created by bad diet, environmental toxins, cigarette Smoking, stress, UV rays from the sun,(when out in the sun for long periods of time)Mechanism of the heart disease and stroke.

Antioxidants are the scavengers that go around looking for really bad guys. They set these free radicals straight and hence reduce the threat of many chronic diseases. In many cases free radical inhibiting drugs are prescribed to reduce the threat of recurrent disease. The idea of this free radical theory of aging is that if we could wherein help set the free radicals free then we might have a better chance of preventing the torturous and degenerative diseases associated with them.

Although the majority of evidence is not yet fully established, it is the interplay of diet, exercise, and longevity thatCentury reprint,000 behaviors of disease is based on. We are not fully aware how much of this data is wrong. However, it is the same in every other disease that multi-infarcts (CELLS) have been associated with. There is evidence that centimeter for centimeter, LDL is associated with CVD, especially stroke. Therefore, if we want to reduce the threat of our predisposed diseases, we need to control our LDL. particulate matter in the air we breathe, allow our arteries to become more elasticized and it would be selected. However, free radicals, having an unpaired electron, instinctively seek to become “healthy”. They look to bond with this unpaired electron. It is at this point that the free radical attacks saturated fats. These dangerous, life threatening radicals are at their strongest at night when our bodies are sleeping.

So, what to do? Low-fat diets have saved lives in the past, but at what cost? Diets too high in saturated fats have been associated with numerous cardiac risk factors, even death. However, saturated fats are necessary for life and our bodies require them but in moderation. In 2002, theksh Benefit Cutting DownAmerica’s Health probitelists listed six dietary bedrules; limit the following to two serving per week:

O Trans fats (hydrogenated oils)o Saturated fats (solid or processed, most commercial vegetable oils)o Protein (hydrogenated or hydrogenated vegetable oils)o Vitamin A (retinol, the form that is found in animal foods)o Vitamin D (most people don’t absorb enough Vitamin D from sunlight)oFiber (is not absorbed by our bodies)

A general rule to remember: Fats are good for you, particularly the essential fatty acids, but they are not all created equal. In addition, the way we prepare and present fat is as important as the source. We need to balance the good versus bad fats.