{"id":1226,"date":"2012-01-25T10:32:54","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T15:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondgorgeous\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2012-01-25T10:32:54","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T15:32:54","slug":"fats-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-dancing-with-herman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondgorgeous\/2012\/01\/fats-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-dancing-with-herman.html","title":{"rendered":"Fats – The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly — Dancing with Herman"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, do you really want to dance with Herman Munster?\u00a0 Probably not.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We talked in yesterday\u2019s blog about fats — and the way saturated fats are stable and don\u2019t move or interact easily.\u00a0 Making our bodies use saturated fats is a little like trying to dance with a cumbersome partner.\u00a0 Think Herman Munster.<\/p>\n

But saturated fats aren\u2019t all bad. At least, they wouldn\u2019t be if we weren\u2019t talking about our modern society and eating habits.\u00a0 Saturated fats are easily stored in the body where they provide insulation against heat and cold. That would be handy if you lived in the arctic.\u00a0 Saturated fats collect and act like safety belts for the organs. That would be useful if you lived a dangerous, active life with lots of falls and jarring.\u00a0 Dietary fats are also easily converted into fuel. That would be a blessing if food was in short supply.\u00a0 Nice to have a handy reserve so you can keep functioning even when you miss a lot of meals.<\/p>\n

However, none of those things are true for most of us.\u00a0 We have air conditioners and heaters and our lives aren\u2019t prone to lots of dangerous and vigorous activity.\u00a0 Most significant — we don\u2019t have a lack of food.\u00a0 We have too much, which leads to too much fat storage and lumpy-looking figures.<\/p>\n

Besides the obvious down-side of too much fat on the body, the saturated fats tend to clump together in the body and line the arterial walls.\u00a0 The arteries become rigid over time, which makes it harder for the blood vessels to provide oxygen to the cells.\u00a0 This type of fat build-up eventually causes heart disease or stroke.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s how fats became the villains of the dietary world and why doctors prescribe low\/fat diets.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s not the whole story.\u00a0 Yes, you should dance with Herman as little as possible, but you do need some fats — even saturated fats.\u00a0 The trick is balancing them with unsaturated fats.<\/p>\n

More about the Fred-and-Ginger type of fats and why you need them tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/p>\n

Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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