Saturated fat

Coconut Oil Saturated Fat; Five Reasons Why It Shouldn’t Have Been Unfairly Demonized It was just a generation ago when people believed that coconut oil should be blacklisted, because it was loaded with “heart-harming” saturated fats. It’s one of those that have high levels of “bad” fat with about 90% calories as saturated fatty acids. While coconut oil saturated fat was criticized by some biased yet highly influential scientists, new studies prove that we got it wrong back then. Saturated fat is not associated with heart disease. In addition, populations who eat massive percentage of fat from coconuts are indeed much healthier than those who don’t. The Humble and Innocent Coconut Oil The early studies of coconut…

lipids, essential fatty acids, and some health effects of saturated fats, Trans fats, and cholesterol. Digestion of lipids starts in the mouth and goes from the mouth to the stomach then to the small intestine. In the mouth, some of the hard fats begin to melt as they reach body temperature. The salivary gland in the base of the tongue then releases an enzyme called lingual lipase. In the stomach, the churning causes fat with water and acid to mix. Very little of the digestion happens in the…

The purpose of the article is to convince people to not consume any food that contains saturated fat. The main point of the article is that 27% of all deaths in Canada are caused by heart disease and stroke, and a big factor that causes this is the amount of the saturated fat person's intake every day. The saturated fat are typically found in fried and highly processed foods such as like chips, soft drinks, meat, etc. As the conclusion, the article states that highly processed food are…

heart disease. Healthy fat such as olive oil are also encourage in this diet, there are claims that will state that healthy fat such as olive oil, coconut oil and avocado oil have the ability to keep one full and fueled longer. • The Paleo diet is different from the first two diets. It encourages saturated fat, its low in carbohydrate, high in fat; contain a moderate amount of animal protein, fruits and vegetables. Unlike, the Mediterranean diet the Paleo diet encourage people to use a generous…

rivers. If animals were no longer raised and killed for their meat we could significantly lower the pollution identified in the atmosphere; therefore, making earth a healthier place to live. Believe it or not eating meat is not as healthy as people may assume. Farmers have been supplying their animals with antibiotics and growth hormones in attempt to keep them healthy and fat for slaughter; unforchantly, those chemicals are still in the meat when someone eats it. So when someone eats this…

Some meats from factory farming are contaminated and people got sick. The feed given to the animals is chalk full of antibiotics, heavy metals, disease-causing bacteria, and even bits of dead rodents, that are meant to keep the animals from getting sick and to increase growth according to Consumers Union (the policy and action arm of the nonprofit that publishes Consumer Reports). This practice has backfired because there are more diseases becoming immune to antibiotics. If the diseases are…

you eat depends on whether or not your weight matters to you. Saturated fats is in almost everything you eat unless made without any. Food is made with saturated fats because most foods need that for flavor. Most saturated fats examples are ice cream, whole milk, cream, butter, chicken with skin, pork, and even beef. It can be very hard for a person to go even weeks without being able to eat any of this. The relationship, which is defined by the laws of thermodynamics, dictates whether weight is…

ever wondered what it would be like to change your diet? It may seem scary at first, but the outcomes are amazing. For an assignment in basic nutrition, you are advised to go meatless for a day and see if your protein intake changes drastically. The hardest part of this is to walk away from all the chicken, beef, and fish for a whole day. On the bright side, you will feel healthier for eating more fruits and veggies than you normally would. And there are other sources to get protein besides…

Therefore, it is morally right to raise hens in the cage-free system rather than in the conventional battery cage system. In addition to animal welfare, what also matters is the nutrition level of eggs laid by the hens in the cage-free system. In the conventional battery cage system, hens are usually in utterly cramped situations and “fed a processed diet full of hormones, pesticides and antibiotics.”4 In contrast, in the cage-free system, hens are able to wander as they want and eat…

consumer-friendly Mediterranean options, this may reduce their global negative criticism. The Mediterranean diet “emphasizes on fruits, veggies, whole grains, beans, nuts, legumes, olive oil, flavorful herbs and spices along with fish and seafood” (Hiatt, K., 2015). Researchers have linked the Mediterranean diet to weight loss along with consuming fewer calories and exercising regularly to many health benefits. “A study publish in the New England Journal of Medicine is 2013 found that about 30…