Licenciado En Bioanalisis

Healing Foods Pyramid™

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Healthy Fats are included in the Healing Foods Pyramid™ as part of a balanced, whole foods, plant-based diet. This Food Pyramid emphasizes foods that nourish thebody, sustain energy over time, contain healing qualities and essential nutrients, and support a sustainable environment.
What are the recommended servings per day?
• 3-9 servings per day (seeserving sizes below)
What are the different types of healthy fats and oils?
• Fats and oils are made up of basic units called fatty acids.  Each type of fat or oil is a mixture of different fattyacids.
• Monounsaturated Fatty Acids (MUFA) are found mainly in vegetable oils, nuts, seeds, olives and avocadoes. They are liquid at room temperature. 
• Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA) arefound mainly in vegetable oils, fish and seafood.  They are liquid or soft at room temperature.  Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids are types of PUFA and are considered essential fatty acids because ourbodies cannot make them, thus they must be obtained through the diet.
• Saturated Fatty Acids are usually solid at room temperature and are found mainly in foods from animal sources like meat,and dairy products, like butter and cheese.  Some vegetable oils such as coconut, palm kernel and palm oil also contain saturated fat.
• Trans Fatty Acids are liquid vegetable oils that have beenchemically processed to become semisolid at room temperature through the addition of hydrogen atoms.  Trans fatty acids, also called “partially hydrogenated” oils, are used in some margarines, friedfoods, and process snack foods to improve the flavor, texture and shelf-life .
o Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) is a naturally occurring trans fatty acid found in the meat and dairy productsof ruminant animals (such as cows, sheep, goats, and deer), as well as eggs. CLA is not associated with the negative health impacts of artificially produced trans fatty acids and may impart some...