What Fat to Eat

When people hear the word fat, many people immediately raise a red flag around it. It is important to know that 30 percent of the food consumed must contain fat. Because cell membranes and everything in the body grow with the help of fat.

You have two choices, fats that do not have additional health benefits or fats that have additional health. Which one will you choose?

"On the way to motivating many people to have healthier lifestyles, I want to invite many individuals to shift their focus to better fat," said Nutritionist Emilia Achmadi, during the Bertolli media gathering in Jakarta, some time ago.

He said the average person with a healthy weight is recommended to get around 20 to 35 percent of the daily calorie intake from good fat. Besides functioning as a fuel for your body, fat also plays an important role in improving brain function. Believe it or not, 70 percent of the composition of the brain is fat, so supplementing a diet with good fat is very important.

"Fat is good for you. Current fat is not limited to what percentage for consumption. What is the maximum percentage but adjust to your needs and choose healthy fats," he added.

Good fat has many health benefits. When consumed in moderate amounts, good fat can really help the stomach feel full and not threatening the body.

Then what good fats are consumed? He explained that it is best to consume healthy fats, namely vegetable fat Research shows that certain fats from vegetables, nuts, and fish actually improve health.

He suggested avoiding saturated fats and consuming unsaturated fats because they are healthier. And the best is monounsaturated fat, the main source of which is olive oil.

"Olive oil is known as a fat that can make the human body healthier because monounsaturated fat content is above 70 percent." Healthy fat is good for you. And olive oil is excellent, "he said.