Despite the low-fat trend, certain dietary fats are essential for your health. When it comes to fat, the kind of fat you consume is critical. Fat is an efficient source of energy, providing 9 calories per gram. Protein and carbohydrates have 4 calories per gram!\u00a0 Fat also aids in the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E and K). Fat can increase the satisfaction of fast-acting carbohydrates by prolonging the time it takes for your stomach to empty and they don\u2019t raise blood sugar very much.<\/p>\n
You need heart-healthy fats in your diet. \u00a0Heart healthy fats contribute to good health, good flavor and may help prevent overeating by keeping you satisfied longer.<\/p>\n
Heart Healthy Fats: Monounsaturated fat<\/span> Artery Clogging Fats:<\/strong> Saturated fat<\/span> To learn more about heart healthy fats, read up on the 6 major food groups<\/a> and use our Food Group Choices Chart<\/a> for a complete list of the healthy foods you should incorporate everyday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Despite the low-fat trend, certain dietary fats are essential for your health. When it comes to fat, the kind of fat you consume is critical. Fat is an efficient source of energy, providing 9 calories per gram. Protein and carbohydrates have 4 calories per gram!\u00a0 Fat also aids in the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins (A, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3489,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/scnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/scnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/scnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/scnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/scnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3194"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/scnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3202,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/scnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3194\/revisions\/3202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/scnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/scnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/scnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Polyunsaturated fat<\/span><\/p>\n\n
\nOlive, canola and peanut oils, nuts and nut butters, avocados<\/p>\n
\nTrans fats
\n<\/span>Margarine, vegetable shortening, partially hydrogenated oils, deep fried foods, commercially baked cookies, muffins, cakes and pastries<\/p>\n
\nRed meats, poultry skin and dark meat, butter, cheese, cream, whole and 2% milk, tropical oils (palm, palm kernel and coconut)<\/p>\n