World Heart Federation - Bad Fats

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Bad fats are
hiding in your fridge

They’re lurking in the supermarket too. And the restaurant kitchen…

Much of the food we eat every day contains saturated and trans fats. You may be unaware that they’re there, but inside your body they can have quite an impact. They raise your blood cholesterol level, which may potentially clog up your arteries, putting you at greater risk of heart disease.

Even everyday foods like meat and dairy products can have high levels of bad fats, so it’s often difficult to know what to put in your shopping basket. The good news is that it’s easy to change your diet to replace these bad fats with good, unsaturated, fats that can actually make your heart healthier. This website will help you find out how.

Change your diet

Unsaturated fats reduce the level of bad cholesterol in your blood.

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  • Bad fats

    Saturated and trans fats raise the level of bad cholesterol in your blood.

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  • Good fats

    For better health we should eat less of the bad fats and more of the good fats.

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  • Why change your diet?

    Clogged arteries develop from so-called 'bad cholesterol'.

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