Fat has been demonized for years and has been placed at the center of the development of countless conditions and diseases.
And although it has already been proven that this is simply not true, it is still taking society and the medical community a while to realize this.
For many people, after years of following low-fat diets, the ketogenic diet is the biggest challenge they face because of the amount of fat it allows.
Fat still scares us. We've been led to believe that eating fat makes us fat. That eating fat is bad for us and that we should avoid it at all costs. It will still take some time before we can erase that misconception from our minds and see fat for what it is: an essential component of our health.
Below we show you several healthy sources of each type of fat.
Sources of saturated fats
Butter and ghee (clarified butter)
Cream
Coconut oil
Cheese
bacon
Sources of monounsaturated fats
Olives and olive oil
Avocados and avocado oil
Macadamias and macadamia oil
Almonds, Brazil nuts, hazelnuts, pecans
Butter and bacon
Sources of polyunsaturated fats
Fatty fish (salmon, mackerel, herring, sardines, anchovies)
Grass-fed meat
Dairy from grass-fed animals
Eggs from free-range hens
Algae
Chia seeds
Flax seeds
Hemp seeds
Walnuts
