Learn How To Lose Weight Series: The Skinny on Fats and Oils :

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Ask the average American what they know about satura s and chsterol and they will tell you simply that they're bad for you and are the main causes of rt and other degenerative diseases. One would think, with the collective wisdom, that there is nothing good that can come from satura s and chsterol. But - is it true? You may be surprised to find out that including some satura s and chsterol in y diet is actually ESSENTIAL for y good lth.

Did you know that satura s:

• Make up at least 50 percent of cell membranes, viding essential rigidity and strength
  
• Enhance the immune system
  
• Help incorporate calcium into bones
  
• Some have antimicrobial perties that tect us against harmful microorganisms in digestive tracts

And chsterol:

• Contributes to cell membrane rigidity and strength, just as satura s do
  
• Is used to make hormones that help us deal with stress, as well to make sex hormones
  
• Is conver to vitamin D, essential for per growth, lthy bones, a lthy nervous system, muscle tone, and per immune system function
  
• Is used to make bile, needed for digestion of in foods
  
• Acts as an antioxidant, actually tecting us against cellular damage that leads to rt disease and cancer
  
• Helps tect against autoimmune disease by maintaining a lthy intestinal lining.

As you can see, satura and chsterol are needed for many vital cesses. It's when we eat damaged s and chsterol from foods like hydrogena oils, pasteurized and powdered dairy ducts, and fried me that injury to the walls of blood vessels and plaque build occur - leading to cardiovascular and other diseases. Stick with foods concentra with sces of lthy s and/or chsterol like avocadoes, nuts, seeds, cold pressed virgin olive oil, virgin coconut oil, red palm oil, organic eggs, chicken, and grass-fed beef. That way, you'll do y body good and keep those pipes flowing like they should.