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The Truth About Saturated Fats The Mainstream Media Won’t Tell You
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Naturally occurring fats are essential to good health; each cell in our body has a cell membrane made up of a double layer of lipids, and fats are necessary for many metabolic functions.
Vitamins A, D, E and K are fat soluble, and they need fats for storage. Fats are also storehouses of energy, too. Each gram provides nine calories — a ready stock the body can count on at times of severe need.
However, you may be like many other people, still confused about exactly which fats are healthy and which fats are unhealthy. If you are under the impression that saturated fats are bad for you and will cause high cholesterol and heart disease, it’s time you knew the truth about fats!
Fats in nature
Fats occur in both plants and animals. They consist of different types of fatty acids, which are large organic molecules containing many carbon atoms combined with oxygen and hydrogen atoms in different proportions.
1. Saturated Fats
When all the carbon atoms in a fatty acid are tied up with hydrogen atoms, it is called saturated. They remain in solid state at room temperature, and typically have high melting and smoking points.
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/2014/02/18/the-truth-about-saturated-fats-the-mainstream-media-wont-tell-you/
