processed a food is and what else it contains in the way of additives, salt, sugar and other refined carbs. Increasingly, evidence suggests saturated fat from unprocessed foods (those as close to their original state as possible) may not be as harmful as suggested.Many ‘right-fat’ foods are at the heart of the much-praised Mediterranean diet.
Interestingly, people living around the Mediterranean are said to consume three times more fat than those on strict low-fat diets.
At the core of the Mediterranean diet is olive oil. High in monounsaturated fat, it has been found to protect the heart by maintaining levels of HDL (good) cholesterol and reducing levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol.
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