All dietary fats are not created equal. Unlike some uninformed nutritionists think, not all fats cause heart disease and clogged arteries. For example, salmon is super rich in omega 3's which have been shown to improve protein synthesis, help with fat loss, brain function, joint issues and many other functions. Avocados may help to lower cholesterol, while extra virgin olive oil is rich in anti-oxidants and may offer liver protection. Nuts help to satiate the appetite while improving thermogenesis and the fat from a whole egg may help with hormonal levels (as some saturated fat is needed in order to produce testosterone).
The reality of the situation is that in order to live and function properly, it is essential to get good fats. Thus, the key is to get a variety of them and keep the caloric intake from fats around 20% of your total calories.
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Fatty fish also help increase the omega 3 in your diet. If you don’t like fish, 3,000 mg of fish oil provides about 1,000mg of omega 3. This is usually about three capsules per day. Getting the right fats does wonders for reducing triglycerides and helps raise HDLs in your blood (all good stuff).
Mr Rivera don’t even get me started on this(getting on my soap box now) I ahve 2 friends (a couple ) and since they started dating a few years back they both became vegans,and keep preaching to me about my diet having to many animal protiens and my eating my 2 raw eggs every morning is going to give me salmonella poisoning.and that thier strict vegatable and fruit diet was much healthier and that they would out live me.(i told my friend ,yeh but you cannot even bench press your own body weight, healthy and weak as kitten is not the way Iwant to go through life.) well we all three had check ups last year and guess what,my good triglycerides was higher than than thiers,my bad triglycerides was lower than theres and they were told they are border line anemic.(of course they said it is becuase in is my genes to have low cholesterol lol)