Fat

Fat is calorie dense and provides 9 calories per gram. Thus, limiting foods full of fat limits your calorie intake and eventually leads to weight loss. This compares to meat and protein which provide about 4 calories per gram. The idea of weight loss is to eat just enough calories that your body can burn off. Eating more calories than your body can burn off leads to weight gain. To figure out how much fat there is in any kind of food, the first thing to do is read the label on the food product.

While all types of fat can pose threats to your health one way or another, the worst kind of fat to stay away from are saturated fat and trans fatty acids. Nowadays, many snacks and foods advertise '0% trans fat' because nowadays more and more people are watching the fat content of their food.

Saturated fat

Saturated fat is a the type of fat often found in greatest amounts in animal products such as skin, whole milk dairy products, lard, eggs, meats, and in some vegetable oils, including coconut, palm kernel, and palm oils. Saturated fat raises blood cholesterol and is very bad for one's health, not to mention bad for people trying to lose weight.

Trans fatty acids

Trans fatty acids are types of fat that are converted from their natural form into an artificial form in foods such as margarine, French fries, biscuits and cakes where edible oils have been industrially hardened to ensure they stay solid at room temperature. Trans fatty acids are found in many processed foods that contain partially hydrogenated fats.

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