Many people are afraid of eating fats. Perhaps they must have listened that fat rich foods makes you fat but this is a very wrong concept. If you are eating less than your maintenance calories then u will definitely loose weight. Fats are essential because many process in our human body are dependent on fats. If you don not consume adequate amount of fat then many health issues can occur.
Let’s understand that why fats are important any due to fat deficiencies which health problems we have to face.
WHY FATS ARE IMPORTANT
- Fats helps in absorption of vitamins in our body
- support body’s cell structure
- Important for brain and health
- heals any injury
- helps in production of hormones, infact sex hormones like testosterone and estrogen is impossible without fats
- provides double amount of energy as compared to protein and carbohydrates
SIGNS OF FAT DEFICIENCY
1.VITAMIN DEFICIENCY-Vitamin A,D,E&K are dissolved in fats. Due to vitamin deficiency, people face infertility depression and muscle pain.
2.DERMATITIS- According to scientists, fat helps in maintaining skin cell structure and moisture. If you don’t consume right amount of fats then this can affect your skin and this can lead to dermatitis. Dur to dermatitis, rashes can occur on skin.
3.HEALS WOUND- When there is any wound on our body, then fat molecules helps in repairing. This process is known as inflammatory responses. If there is less amount of fats in our body then body delays in repairing the wound.
4.HAIR LOSS- Fatty molecules which are known as prostaglandin. This promotes hair growth in our body. Due to less fat in our body, hair growth is less and decreases the quality of hair.
5.FREQUENT ILLNESS- Due to less amount of fat, body immunity power gets lowered and this leads to frequent illness. Fats promotes immune cells growth. This is the reason why omega 3 fatty acids is essential. If you are unaware that which fatty acids supplements we should consume then click the link given below and the video on omega 3 supplement. We can add saturated fats in our diet like eggs meat or dairy product but mainly fats must be from mono and polyunsaturated fats like olives olive oil almonds flax seeds pumpkin seeds fatty fishes fish oil and avocado
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