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Fats are not all bad by themselves, there is a good side to them as well, and in common parlance these are called, Good Fats. Hence, the key to a healthy you, lies not in totally avoiding fats – which you cannot do – instead in opting for ‘good’ fats, which include, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, and actually help the system by lowering the risk of many diseases.

These are three parts which when combined together make up for the whole entity called as – good fats’. These are unsaturated fats, High-density lipoproteins and essential fatty acids.

• Unsaturated Fats: These are called good fats because they can improve blood cholesterol levels, ease inflammation, stabilize heart rhythms, and play a number of other beneficial roles.

• High-density lipoproteins (HDL): HDL role is to scavenge cholesterol from the bloodstream, from LDL, and from artery walls and ferry it back to the liver for disposal. And you can benefit hugely, if you higher the level of HDL in your body, so as to better your chances of preventing heart disease and other chronic conditions.

• Essential fatty acids (EFAs): As the name suggests, this is a branch of good fats, that are essential to the body, and which humans cannot synthesize, and must be obtained through diet.

To know more see Have Fats, yet, not gain weight!

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