How Healthy Fats Can Be Good for You

[Music] many people are surprised to learn that we actually recommend adding healthy fats to lunch and to dinner let me explain why [Music] your body is almost like a machine and for a machine to run smoothly it needs to be well-oiled if a machine is rusty it will not operate as smoothly so one function of fat is it so to speak oils the machine and makes everything function better another purpose of fat is that it really keeps you much fuller when you add fat to a meal versus a fat free meal you will be much fuller try it and you'll see but there are good fats and there are bad fats so some bad fats include margarine and butter using regular oil I have here some examples of healthy fats so talena Tomos avocado olive oil and even sunflower oil a portion would be about a tablespoon each from Stettin our homeless about 1/4 of an avocado and about a tablespoon of olive oil or sunflower oil then there's a category of fats that are not necessarily healthy but they're not unhealthy either and they're low-calorie enough that you can use them so one example would be using a cooking spray a zero calorie cooking spray yes I know that if you spray it enough times the calories add up but it is insignificant and another example is a dressing like this one like salad meat like that is low-calorie and again it's not necessarily healthy but it's not damaging either so go ahead don't be afraid to add one healthy fat to your lunch and one healthy fat to your dinner for more tips visit Koecher calm [Music]