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What Are Unsaturated Fats?

Posted Aug 26 2008 4:18pm

This can be sub-divided into two classes, namely mono-unsaturated fat and poly-unsaturated fat . These fats are good because they lower LDL (bad cholesterol) and raise HDL (good cholesterol).

Mono-unsaturated fat can be found in

  • olives
  • olive oil
  • canola oil
  • peanut oil
  • cashews, almonds, peanuts and most other nuts
  • avocados

Poly-unsaturated fat is available in

  • corn
  • soybean
  • safflower and cottonseed oils
  • fish
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