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Understanding Fat
Are you afraid you'll have to cut out the foods you love and spend the rest of your life nibbling seeds and sprouts just to lower your blood cholesterol? Take heart! Reducing your heart disease risk doesn't mean major sacrifices.
You just need to understand how Fat & Fatty Acids affect your risk of heart disease and make a few simple changes to how you're eating right now. So, let's begin…
There are four kinds of fats in the foods we eat: saturated,
polyunsaturated, monounsaturated,
and trans. Most foods
contain the first three types of fat, but in varying amounts.
Saturated fatty acids, trans fats and dietary cholesterol raise
blood cholesterol. A high level of cholesterol in the blood is
a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, which causes heart
attacks.
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