When everything and its opposite is said about diet, how do you know if your balanced diet or not?
Take the question of fat for example, what we call lipids.
For years, fat has been blamed for causing excess cholesterol, heart disease or obesity.
Simply put, fat has a bad reputation.
However, many scientific studies now show that lipids are also essential allies of a healthy diet.
For example, they are necessary to prevent Alzheimer's disease, hyperactivity, depression, anxiety and chronic headaches.
Did you also know that the obesity epidemic, which continues to spread in France and in so-called "rich" countries, cannot be explained by a diet that is too fatty?
Scientists are clear:it is our excessive consumption of carbohydrates, sugars, which is the major cause.
Fat is not the enemy of your line, let alone your health. Here are 5 of its benefits:
Did you know that your brain tissue is almost 60% fat?
A low-fat diet therefore deprives your brain of the essential nutrients it needs to function properly.
These are the essential and omega-3 fatty acids, already touted in all the media (fats found in foods like salmon, avocados and nuts).
But not only ! Don't forget some saturated fats, including natural animal fats.
This is very important because vitamins A, D, E and K, being insoluble in water, require fat to be transported by fat to be absorbed by the body.
These vitamins are essential for the health of your brain and many of your vital organs.
Your lungs are lined with a substance made up mostly of saturated fat.
Without a sufficient daily intake, your lungs cannot function properly.
As is the case with premature babies who do not naturally produce this fatty substance at birth.
Some studies even look at the link between low saturated fat intake and asthma due to the distribution of this layer of fat.
So remember to reserve about 10% of your diet for saturated fats, present in butter, dairy products, meat but also in coconut.
American scientific studies have shown that the saturated fats found in butter or coconut oil play a fundamental role in the immune system.
This is because an insufficient intake of these saturated fatty acids hampers the ability of your white blood cells to recognize and destroy foreign invaders, such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi.
Fat forms the bulk of the cell membrane. The skin is made up of a considerable number of cells.
Without a balanced diet of lipids, your skin becomes dry and chapped, which increases the risk of infection since "doors" are then opened to your body.
Do not hesitate to put raw butter on your morning toast, your skin will gain in resistance and elasticity, it will be healthier and therefore more beautiful!
A recent American study showed that the populations of the Pacific Islands, whose diet consists of up to 60% coconut oil, had not experienced any heart attack for decades.
Saturated fats, absorbed in moderation as part of a balanced diet, are therefore great allies for the health of your heart.
But this is not the case with what is called “trans fat”. In order to give more consistency to unsaturated oils and to prolong their conservation, food manufacturers have invented hydrogenation.
A process that changes the configuration of unsaturated fatty acid molecules.
Stay away from these manipulated fats, unfortunately ubiquitous in processed food products.
According to many doctors, beyond a certain threshold (10 g of trans fat per 100 g of fat, or 10%), trans fat could increase the risk of being affected by cardiovascular disorders.
These manipulated fats serve no purpose other than to increase the life of bad foods on store shelves.
You will most often find these trans fats in so-called "hydrogenated" oils.
You see, aside from these hydrogenated fats, fat is essential to your health.
So don't hesitate to eat a handful of nuts or add olive oil to your salads!
Start changing your diet today to reap all the benefits of fat.
