Healthy Eating: Experts shun fat-free diets - Kewanee, IL - Star Courier

Healthy Eating: Experts shun fat-free diets - Kewanee, IL - Star Courier

Not all fat are created equal. My mom was in town a few weeks ago when she yelled at me to discard the fatty portion of the salmon. I gasped and explained to her that this was jam packed with omega 3! I was a bit stunned that she was not aware that there were different types of fat let alone healthy ones.

I hope you have developed a habit to take a look at the nutritional value of the food before you make a purchase. It's probably one of the best thing the FDA has established in recent memory. There are, however, room for improvement. Joan Endyke (who can probably use a new profile picture) describes the limitation of the nutritional label in distinguishing the good fat (HDL) and the bad fat (LDL). If you can't remember, keep in mind that LDL stands for low-density lipoprotein as in 'liposuction'. Get it? Here is a detailed article from abcnews.