why are fats important?!


Question: Why are fats important?
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Omega-3 fats: "It's good for your joints, skin, vision, brain, heart, helps lower bad cholesterol levels and even boosts fertility. It's an anti-ager and an anti-inflammatory. It's found naturally in a variety of delicious foods including walnuts, salmon, tuna, olive oil and avocados. It's omega-3 - and it's time you got to know the daily dose that's good for just about every single part of your body. # Fights wrinkles As we age, fat cells in our skin's third layer thin out and tend to get a bit bumpier; omega-3s help make that layer thicker and smooth. The effect? Wrinkles go away and skin becomes fuller.

Protects Vision Our eyes' retinas are a membranous structures and the whole eye is covered in a soft double layer of membranes, making your eyes' health dependent on the liver (who knew?). The liver helps metabolize fat-soluble vitamins that feed and maintain those membranes. If you're deficient in DHA, it affects how we see by delaying the system that converts light into neural energy in the retina.

Pumps the heart Where to begin?! Omega-3s reduce triglycerides, stabilize your heartbeat, make platelets "less sticky" and can even lower blood pressure. The EPA you get with your daily DHA dose helps prevent artery-blocking clots. In the Iowa Nurses Study (and 3 others), 1 ounce of nuts a day decreased the incidence of heart disease between 20 and 60%."
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While fats are essential for normal body function, some fats are better for you than others. Trans fats, saturated fats and cholesterol are less healthy than polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats.This means eating foods made with liquid vegetable oil but not tropical oils. It also means eating fish and nuts. Eat beans or legumes.



Fats pretty much give you more weight and mass. They also fill up space between your bones and skin.

My Brain ! :)



Because the more the cushion the sweeter the pushin!



Your body burns fat to keep it going. If you didn't eat ANY fat, at all, you would die within months because your body needs it.



What justhitched said.
Also, fats are needed for brain function.



they keep McDonalds in business



body fats keep you warmer in winter



It is for brain health.




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