You are what you eat. Do you believe that?

Animals fed on different types of fats and oils have a body fat composition chemically similar to the fats in the foods they were given to eat (this goes for you too, except you have choices). It was found that animals fed on cheap processed oils – their meat was found to be equally as toxic as the processed oils themselves. The same goes for farmed fish like salmon, their diet makes them fatter but they have far less omega-3 than their wild cousins. The natural salmon have less body fat but more omega-3! A direct association – they are what they eat.

Fish – tuna, sardines, salmon that are renowned for being high in the essential fatty acid omega-3, are this way because of their natural diet. The omega-3 comes from the green plant life in the ocean, fish further down the food chain gorge themselves on this omega-3 rich foods, they themselves become a rich source of omega-3 for fish further up the food chain.

Eggs can vary a lot – depends on what the chickens are fed. There are eggs on the market that are advertised as being high in omega-3 this due to the fact the chickens are fed a diet high in essential fatty acids.

Highly processed refined oils are not nutritious they damage enzymes and parts of our cells interfering with their energy production. Eating these processed oils and fats increase your risk of abnormal blood clotting, inflammation, immune deficiency, stroke, ageing, obesity and cancer.
What fats or oils am I talking about?

The processed vegetable oils freely found on the supermarket shelves in clear plastic bottles and in just about every manufactured food available. The majority of the oils are made from or contain in part soybeans. These highly processed oils are heated to extreme temperatures, going through several chemical processes, changing the molecular structure of the oil, causing serious free-radical damage to every cell in the body.

It is almost impossible to buy a packaged food that doesn’t contain processed oils – most often just labelled as vegetable oil, hydrogenated fat, partially hydrogenated fat, margarine or shortening. Avoid them like the plague.

Our cells, the powerhouses where everything happens are directly and indirectly affected by the types of fats you choose to consume. It would seem cells are less flexible and easily damaged on a diet of processed fats – ultimately interfering with the flow of nutrients and oxygen that should otherwise flow freely in and out of our cells.

Best fat and oils –
In a glass container
Cold Pressed
Extra Virgin
First Pressed
Expelled
Okay
Butter
Expelled Coconut oil (a good oil for heating)

AVOID THE REST IF YOU POSSIBLY CAN