Day

January 29, 2020

Dietary Fat (Fatty-Acids)

Fats Well after covering how much protein you need (more than most people get, but probably not at much as the gym bros have!), do you need carbs (technically no, but you *should* eat them), now the spotlight is on dietary fat. There are certain Essential Fats that we must get from our diet, as...

“Good” Fats

It seems to have changed from all fat is bad, to good fats v bad fats. When you see this (usually in sensationalised headlines) it’s referring to saturated fat or monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. However it’s not, as so often in nutrition, quite so black and white. A lot of historical research lumps trans fat...