Fats
Fat is a compound consisting of amino acids, fats from the energy sources of the human body, obtained from two sources, a plant source such as corn, sesame, sunflowers, almonds, cotton, nuts, and animal sources such as milk, meat, butter, The nature of several types of beneficial to humans and harmful, and the human must eat the fat, as the individual to eat about thirty grams of fat daily, and may be less or more depending on the effort, because the many lead to accumulation in the body It causes obesity as well as many diseases.
Types of fat
- Monounsaturated fats are available in plant sources such as avocados, nuts, olives and canola oils. They are also useful fats for the human body. These fats are in liquid state at room temperature.
- These fats are omega-3 fatty acids. This type of fat is available in vegetable oils such as sunflower oil, linseed, corn and canola. These fats are also found in seafood, and the fat content of these fats is either smooth or soft. At room temperature, these fats are also made up of essential fatty acids, especially linolenic acid, alpha and lulynec. This type of fat is essential in building cell walls and forming hormones within the body.
- Saturated fat The source of these fats is animal foods, such as poultry, red meats, milk and its derivatives, as well as cheese. It can also be obtained from some vegetable foods such as coconut oil, palm oil and also palm kernel. These fats have solid strength at room temperature.
- Trans fats and this type of fat is produced through the process of hydrogenation of whole or partial of unsaturated vegetable oils, so that fats become more solid and independent, hydrogenation process is done by adding some hydrogen atoms to the oils to be hydrated. Examples of trans fats, margarine and butter Vegetarians, and human beings through cakes, fried foods, pancakes, and chocolates.
Fat damage
- Raises the level of cholesterol in the blood, thus causing a high rate of stress in the body, as it leads to atherosclerosis.
- Increases the risk of diabetes.
- Cause obesity.
- Trans fat converts the level of testosterone into sperm and increases the production of distorted sperm.
- Reduce the quality of breast milk and reduce the proportion of breast milk.