Fats - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

In this solo-sode on healthy fats, Angela explains in depth why the fats in our diets are so important. People can get quite confused about, which fats are healthy and which are not and what proportion of fats we should be consuming as part of our diets. in terms of proportion, there is no one size that fits all and it’s different for everyone because everyone processes saturated fats slightly differently What are the types of fats should you be including in your diet and what are the healthy sources that can really optimise the health of your cell membranes? Listen in to understand exactly what you should be eating to achieve the optimum balance of healthy fats in the right proportion for you. KEY TAKEAWAYS There has been a persistent myth that eating fat makes you fat but this is the result of a deeply flawed report published in the 1950s where the data was cherry-picked to suit a hypothesis. Fat is a very good way of making food taste good and if you take it out you have to replace it with something else to make it taste good resulting in higher sugar consumption. The food that nature gives us it doesn’t often provide sweetness coupled with fats The combination of the fat with the sugar is pretty irresistible to humans and makes it very appetising. Your body cannot make its cells without dietary fats we have trillions of cells in our bodies and each cell has an outer membrane which is produced from fats. You really are what you because the fats that you eat become the outer membrane of your cells There are many advantages to having a predominately fat-burning metabolism it helps to make the body more efficient, stabilises blood sugar and insulin levels it can effectively starve cancer cells, as we know for the most part cancer cells thrive on glucose Focus on the sources of the foods you are eating to help build really good quality cell membranes Proper dietary fats help to make those membranes more fluid and more efficient in their communication We need to make sure that we have the right fatty acid intake this is really important for optimal health. There is a category of fats that we all need these are known as essential fats they are classed as essential because our bodies cannot make them We have to acquire them from the foods we eat. Fats are a crucial part of the proper functioning of our heart, brain and nervous system they are also vital for absorbing certain vitamins that are fat-soluble so it’s vital that they are part of our diet. BEST MOMENTS ‘We are not designed to run on sugar as a primary fuel’ ‘The unhealthy omega 6 fats come from foods such as junk foods in our diet. These fats have become damaged through exposure to heat and they provide no benefit what so ever “If people are highly stressed there can be a build-up of fats resulting in higher levels of inflammation’ VALUABLE RESOURCES High Performance Health podcast series ABOUT THE HOST Angela Foster Angela is a Nutritionist, Health and Performance Coach. She is also the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge, an Exclusive Private Membership Site giving individuals the tools and bio hacks needed to optimise their genetic expression for optimal health and performance. After recovering from a serious illness in 2014, Angela left the world of Corporate Law with a single mission in mind: To inspire and educate others to live an energetic, healthful and limitless life. Angela believes that we can truly have it all and has spent the last 5 years researching the habits and routines of high performers, uncovering age-old secrets, time-honoured holistic practices and modern science to create a blueprint for Optimal Human Performance. CONTACT DETAILS Instagram Facebook LinkedIn High Performance Health FB Group