All about fats: useful, harmful and dangerous!

All about fats: useful, harmful and dangerous!
Firmly the equivalent meaning of fat in some people is negative. But do you know that there are also beneficial fats? Find out in the following video what are the types of fats:

Video transcript
If no one knows that smoking is harmful to health, people will never stop smoking. Likewise, for food also.
You might think you are doing everything good for your body when you refrain from eating all the fats - but the truth is, you may be losing yourself important health benefits associated with certain types of fat - which are "beneficial" fats.
Fat is a broad term that includes harmful fats such as saturated and trans fats, and also includes healthy fats such as monounsaturated fats and omega-3 fatty acids.
What makes fats "beneficial" or "harmful" from one perspective is how they affect your cholesterol level.
Studies have shown that eating lots of saturated and trans fats - "harmful" fats - can increase the risk of certain diseases - especially heart disease.
Monounsaturated fats and omega-3 fatty acids, on the other hand, can actually reduce the risk of heart disease and some chronic diseases.
So, where do these "harmful" fats come from? Meat, poultry, seafood, eggs and full-fat dairy products all contain saturated fat.
But, of course, you should not completely refrain from eating these foods. But choosing red meat and dairy products is low and fatty, and removing chicken skin before eating is all good ways to reduce the consumption of saturated fats.
For example, 85 grams of low-fat beef contains about 2.5 grams of saturated fat while 85 grams of regular beef contains 6 grams of saturated fat. As for whole milk, it contains 3 times the amount of saturated fat in low-fat milk (1%).
Now - what about "beneficial" fats? Monounsaturated fats are found in nuts, seeds, and some vegetable oils. Research has found that certain amounts of these healthy fats can help lower the "bad" LDL cholesterol level - and increase the "good" HDL cholesterol level.
Olive oil and avocado are other good sources of these healthy fats.
Food that supplies most of the omega-3 fatty acids includes flaxseeds, nuts, salmon, and sardines.
These healthy fats may play a role in preventing and treating a number of health conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, migraines, and depression - and the list is ongoing.
Even healthy fats need regulation - so here we provide general guideline tips:
Limit your fat intake to 20 to 30 percent of your daily calories. For a person who follows a 2000-calorie diet, this percentage represents 44 to 65 grams of total fat per day.
The focus should be on fats that come from healthy sources such as nuts, olives, canola and nuts oil.
And also: do not forget to check trans fats which are the most dangerous fats. Trans fat has been shown to increase the level of "bad" cholesterol and reduce "good" cholesterol. Partly hydrogenated and hydrogenated oils contain trans fats, and they are usually found in chips, baked goods, chips, crackers, and others.
In sum, not all fats are created equally - some types are unhealthy and the right amount of others can offer many benefits to your health. Just remember, eating too much fat can contribute to weight gain.