Tuesday, November 27, 2018

what is fats


FATS


What is fats?
It is macro nutrient and essential part of our diet. One gram of fat contain 9 calories (kcal).

There are three type of fats.



1 saturated fat
 – These types of fat is unhealthy fats and solid in room temperature. This types of fats are found from the animals for example ghee, whole chicken, high fat milk etc. but we still require 7 percent of   saturated fat in our body. This fats is good for hormone balance and also for testosterone.



2 unsaturated fat
– This type of fat is healthy fat and liquid in room temperature. Example olive oil, low fat milk, chicken breast. This contain essential fatty acid which is require in the body. 



3 trans-fat
 – When you convert unsaturated fat into saturated fat is known as trans-fat. This types of fats are found restaurant food to save money they use the same oil again and again.


How much fat to eat per day


You have to consume 25 to 35 grams of fats
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Let’s understand in the form of example

Support your maintenance calories is 2000 so 25 percent of 2000 is 500 calories so if we see in grams is 55g. So you have to consume 55g of fats.

From 55g you have to take 7 percent saturated fat and rest unsaturated. 7 percent of 55g is 13g percent and reaming 42g you have to take saturated fats.

Why we should consume fats?

1 good hormonal balance
If you don’t intake fats from the diet your body hormone will get imbalance.

2 satiety control
Fats is slow digesting nutrient so your body don’t get hungry faster and this can help you during fat loss.

3 Digestion
Fats help to digest vitamin A, D, E, K. without fat we can’t digest this vitamin.

4 Insulation
There is a thin layer of fats under the body that keep heat maintain under the body and also protect our body from external temperature changes.

5 energy
Fat also act as a source of energy when you don’t have required carbohydrate in your body.

Let recap what we have done
ü 1 what is fats?
ü Types of fats
ü How much fats to consume per day?
ü Benefits of fats



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