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protects them deterioration. Fat is also involved in your body’s
important biochemical reactions so having some fat in your diet is
important though within the limits of reason and what is healthy.
Fat also promotes normal brain cell function, it regulates hormones,
immune system operation. Assists with haemoglobin oxygen
transport, proper cell wall function, transporting and absorbing cell
nutrients, etc. Fat is essential in our daily diets.
These particular diets are very popular because the train of thought is
that if you consume less fat the less fat you will gain. Makes sense
doesn’t it? After all, fat is very calorie dense.
Before venturing into a diet like this there are couple of things that you
need to remember, that not all fats are created equal.
Not all fats are bad, there are good fats and bad fats.
Here’s what I mean
Bad fats
These fats tend to be the saturated fat and of the Trans fat variety.
There is a link between saturated fats and cardiovascular heart
disease, it is this type of fat that raises your cholesterol levels. It
usually exists in diets that are high in animal fats which is why the
Atkins and low carb diet models aren’t usually the best kind.
Although Atkins himself has found no increase in cholesterol levels
with his way of eating, we still do not know what the long term effects
this kind of eating will produce. Diets high in saturated (animal) fats
have been linked to certain cancers.
If your diet is high in cholesterol, fats deposit themselves on your
arterial walls restricting blood flow to your heart and to your body.
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