For decades, we have been fed the idea that saturated fat is bad for your heart. The idea became popular in the 1970s and since then consumption of saturated fat has gone down significantly. But the incidence of heart disease has also gone up significantly. So the advice of reducing saturated fat does not seem […]
A typical adult has approximately 50 billion fat cells! It basically means there are more fat cells in one human body than there are people on the earth. Why Do We Need Fat? Fat is our best friend during stressful and bad times (sickness, prolonged starvation). If there were no fat, we would not be […]
Fats are macronutrients that we consume in large quantity to get energy. Each fat molecule consists of one glycerol molecule and three fatty acids. These fatty acid molecules can be either saturated, monounsaturated or polyunsaturated. Fatty acids are made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. These elements together form a bond. Saturated fatty acids have all […]
Cholesterol is a wax-like chemical that is required for the normal functioning of the body. It assists the body in producing Vitamin D, helps in digestion of food and producing hormones like estrogen and testosterone. 80% of the Cholesterol requirement of the body is met by Liver which also regulates its application in the body […]
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