In the last blog we discussed saturated fats. We will continue to discuss fatty acids with monounsaturated fats. II. Monounsaturated Fat Monounsaturated fatty acids are liquids at room temperature and semisolid or solid when refrigerated. Foods containing monounsaturated fats reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL, the “bad”) cholesterol, while possibly increasing high-density lipoprotein (HDL, the “good”) cholesterol. […]
Clear Skin Diet #6
When I started the omega-3 section of this blog I quickly realized I could not write about why we needed omega-3 oils if I didn’t know details about the other oils we consume. While researching the subject I found myself wading in the minutiae of fatty acid composition. I really did not want to learn […]
Clear Skin Diet #5
The inception and evolution of trans fats In the early part of the 20th century we started to import soybeans because they were an inexpensive source of protein. The protein was extracted from the soybean leaving a huge surplus of soybean oil. Soybean oil gets rancid very quickly so the food industry found a way […]
