Lets talk about FAT. What are healthy fats ? How do you include them in your diet ?
Healthy fats are essenital. Healthy fats will NOT make you fat, in fact they will help you to loose weight. Healthy fats help to make you feel full and satisfied, so that you don’t over consume calories.
Fat is essential for cell membranes, hormone production and transport, and absorption of nutrients – especially vitamins A,D, E and K.
So what are healthy fats ?
Oils – Coconut Oil, Olive Oil, Flaxseed Oil
Animal Fats – skin on chicken, lard, bacon – choose grass fed, organic meats.
Fatty Fish – Salmon, Mackerel and Sardines,
Full Fat Dairy foods – choose good quality butter, yoghurt, ricotta cheese
All Nuts and Seeds – examples are cashews, brazil, walnuts, sunflower, pepitias, linseeds, chia.
Fruits – Avocado, Coconut
