What Good and Bad Fat can do to Your Health
THE FAT TYPES AND THEIR EFFECTS
High consumption of fat or of the combination fat and carbohydrates causes obesity, heart disease and other health problems. However the different types of fat have very different effects on the health. Here is a survey of the different fat categories and their effects:
Mono-unsaturated fat – This type of fat prevents heart disease and circulatory disease in moderate amounts.
Omega-6-poly-unsaturated fat – This fat type prevents heart disease if you do not consume too much of it. However it causes inflammatory reactions. This type of reactions are benign when they are moderate and when they are provoked to fight disease. But a constant high inflammatory response is dangerous, and can cause rheumatism, heart trouble and cancer. A very high consumption of this type of fat is therefore dangerous.
Omega-3-poly-unsaturated fat – This type of fat prevents heart disease and reduces inflammatory reactions in moderate amounts. Therefore it also reduces the risk of cancer, intestinal inflammations and rheumatism.
Omega-9-poly-unsaturated fat – This...