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Super Good Fats To Eat for Super Good Health!

Good fats are healthy fats that are derived from raw plants and there oils. Both saturated and unsaturated fats are healthy to the body, especially when they are RAW.

Types of Fats:

  • Saturated Fats - tend to be the most stable (especially medium chain fatty acids) and less effected by heat or light. Saturated fats become solid at colder temperatures.
  • Monounsaturated Fats - are found in abundance in raw plant fats, especially in the form of oleic acid. They are second best to saturated fats as far as stability goes.
  • Polyunsaturated Fats - are the essential fatty acids that maintain the ability to bind with toxins. They are the most healing fat for the body, but the most volatile to heat or oxidation, and thus damaging when cooked.

Raw Fats VS Cooked Fats!

Cooking fats or oils denatures them, making them harmful to the body. They become dense, heavy and clog the blood, lymph and digestive system. In addition, cooking prohibits them from being digested and eliminated, producing excess weight gain, as well as, excess strain on the liver.
If you are going to choose an oil to cooked with, coconut oil is the very best oil to use because it is the most stable at high temperatures. It is, however, more beneficial to the body when consumed in its raw state.

Cooked fats contain trans-fatty acids, which are the source of harmful free radicals. They are also difficult to digest because the valuable lipase enzyme is destroyed. Lipase enzymes help to break down the fat molecules and prevent weight gain.

The cells themselves become more susceptible to carcinogens, chemicals, free radicals and salt build up. As a result, the entire body becomes weak and unable to protect against disease, ultra violet sunlight and cancer.

Good Fats for Weight Loss!

Raw saturated good fats, on the other hand, with their lipase enzymes still intact, work to burn body fat as fuel. Lipase enzymes in raw plant fats, such as coconut oil, split fat molecules and break up deposits of cooked, unhealthy fat accumulation in the cell walls and tissues.

Cooked fats, as we mentioned, build fat in the body because they can not be easily digested.

Good fats or raw plant fats are extremely important for health and superhealth in the following ways:

  • insulate, protect nerve tissue, and lubricate the body
  • are easily processed and dispersed by the liver
  • contain essential Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids
  • deliver the minerals from other foods into the bones and body tissue
  • shield against environmental pollutants and toxic overloads
  • moisturize and beautify skin and hair
  • source of antioxidants; increasing longevity
  • sooth digestive lining
  • contain no cholesterol in raw plant fats, only animals fats
  • stabilize and ground the body

Eating more raw plant fats satisfies cravings for cooked meats and starch-type foods when transitioning over to a "high" raw food diet. Raw fatty foods and oils are great to add to spicy dishes to cut there intensity and make them less drying to the body.

There is no cholesterol in good fats derived from raw plant sources. Cholesterol is produced naturally in the human body, but it is not present in the plant kingdom.

Replace the unhealthy, processed, refined and heated fats in your superhealthy diet plan with good fats to eat from our healthy fats list. They protect the body from aging effects and reduced free radical exposure.

Healthy Fats List:

Oils

To prevent oxidation from light, all oils should really be stored in dark glass. These are the ONLY oils we use and recommend to be part of a superhealthy diet.

Coconut Oil - is a saturated fat and one of the best fats for weight loss because it increases metabolism. High quality virgin, centrifuge extracted coconut oil is the best oil that does not involve high heat or the use of harsh chemicals. Coconut oil is a must in a healthy diet plan for its exquisite list of health benefits.

Olive Oil - is mainly a monounsaturated fat and is a great way to lubricate the body tissues. Probably the most popular oil, it is important to get high quality, cold pressed, extra virgin oil for superior nutrition. This thick green oil is amazing in dressing, sauces, and many recipes.

Flax seed oil - in studies at the Gerson Institute, it was proven that flax seed oil was the only oil that did not make cancerous tumors grow in size. Flax seed is well known as a great source of Omega 3 fatty acids, but because of this characteristic is extremely sensitive to oxidation and must be keep refrigerated to preserve its fatty nutrients.

Hemp seed oil - pressed from the seed of the hemp plant, this oil is highly nutritious. It has been used for thousand of years (under the Chinese name "Ma Zi") for its extremely high content of essential fatty acids (the highest in the plant world), essential amino acids and protein nutrients.

Good Fats To Eat:

  • Coconut - the flesh of the coconut is one of the best forms of raw, saturated good fat to eat. Coconut meat provides a rich, flavorful texture in shakes and a variety of recipes, like our raw chocolate cake.
  • Avocado - dominant in monounsaturated fats, avocados are a great source of raw plant fat and high on our healthy fats list. Essential to a raw vegan diet for yummy goodness and creamy texture in many healthy recipes, raw desserts, and raw soups.
  • Olives - contain oleic acids, a monounsaturated fat that is more alkaline in nature and breaks down mucus in the body. Olives are superb way to break up the acidic and mucous forming effects of other foods.
  • Nuts - nuts and seeds contain combination's of both monounsaturated fat and polyunsaturated. Flax seeds, hemp seeds, sesame, sunflower, and walnut all have significant portions of polyunsaturated fat levels.
  • Durian - durian is one of the rare fruits, aside from olives and avocados that contain the good fats to eat, along with a creamy custard like texture. That is, if you can get past the smell! They can be intense.



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