Why is eating fat bad for you?

Answer 1

Not if you eat the right amount.

Fat contains 2.25 times the energy of carbohydrates so when you eat fatty food you are probably eating a lot more energy than your body needs. Your body then stores this excess energy for later use.

It is best to just follow the council to minimize how much you eat unless you are extremely physically active.

However it is worth remembering that fat is actually a necessary part of a healthy diet and should not be cut out entirely. A person eating a healthy diet should be getting no more than 20 to 25% of their total calorie intake from fats and ideally these should primarily be unsaturated fats, for example olive, peanut, sunflower and sesame seed oils are all relatively high in monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, and low in saturated fats and so more healthy.

Answer 2

Eating egg can make you fat if you est the yoke, but not the egg white. If you eat just the egg white then you won't become fat because there is no fat in egg whites. Egg whites are very high protein and are very healthy and essential to your body.
It is possible. Egg yolks do have a lot of saturated fat and high fat calories.

Answer 3

No.

This is a popular misconception that is voiced loudly in the media, alongside the false association of saturated fat and cardiovascular disease. A wealth of education on fats can be found in "Know Your Fats" by Dr. Mary G. Enig, a nutritionist/biochemist of international renown for her research on the nutritional aspects of fats and oils.

A famous study described an inverse relationship between saturated fat and body fat:

In Framingham, Massachusetts, the more saturated fat one ate, the more cholesterol one ate, the more calories one ate, the lower people's serum cholesterol. We found that the people who ate the most cholesterol, ate the most saturated fat, ate the most calories, weighed the least and were the most physically active.

- Dr. William Castilli, Director of the Framingham Heart Study

Saturated fat is an important source of metabolic energy, it is molecularly stable so that it does not go rancid as easily as unsaturated fats, and it is crucial for the absorption of the fat-soluble vitamins contained in the foods we eat.

The biggest contribution to body fat is from dietary carbohydrates, like bread.

Answer 4

Most people are scared fat will make them fat. But it actually doesn't, as long as you eat within the recommended fat intake range. If you just eat it in MODERATE amounts, it can help absorb a lot of nutrients, and actually be good for you.

Answer 5

Yes. Trans fat is the unhealthiest type of fat. It is unnatural and your body can't break it down, so it just gets stored.

Answer 6

it depends on how much u eat it