Monday, May 22, 2006

Making eating correctly a Lifestyle Part 5 - Eat a variety of fats

Thats right! fat:) Its not the "killer" that many people think and the good kinds are downright great for us (fish oils have positive influences on hormones, fat storage (less I mean), immunity and joint health. We should eat all kinds of fat. Some of each kind depicted below each day.

Saturates - animal fat

Monounsaturates - olive oil

Polyunsaturates -flax oil, salmon oil (from the fish or the capsules)

So lets go out there and start drinking tubs of oil! ... Not quite. Some great sources I find are nuts (for Singaporeans go to "Guan Say" at victoria street wholesale center diagonally opposite Bugis junction...look for Richard, tell him Jonathan sent you!) Almonds and caschews are great value and have a good mixture of the differnt kinds of fat. Non roasted, non salted, non anything. Keep them in the fridge and they last pretty much forever.

The other thing is salmon/flax oil. Get the capsules or eat the fish. This should be at or near the top of the supplement list. "modern" food is low in omega-3 fatty acids due to our farming methods (non-free-range) so we kind of need this supplement to keep things in balance.

Saturates are easy to get from meat and such so I don't think its too hard to get a good amount of them.
Don't be afraid of "fat" its important as part of the complete diet package. Just eat the right types.

posted by Coach Jonathan Wong @ 5/22/2006 12:13:00 PM Comments: 0