Monday, April 27, 2009

MONO-UNSATURATED FATS (THE BIG 4 TYPES OF FAT IN FOOD)

MONO-UNSATURATED FATS:

Mono-unsaturated fats predominate in olives, olive oil, canola oil, peanuts, peanut oil, avocados, macadamias and hazelnuts.
All vegetable oils contain mono-unsaturated in varying amounts, as do lean means chicken, eggs and fish.
Mono-fats were once considered "neutral", meaning that they neither raised nor lowered cholesterol.
Today, however they feature in diets for a healthy hearts.

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