It is Essential for Good Health to Eat Fatty Foods!
"Fats" refer to the class of nutrients known as lipids. The lipid family includes triglycerides (eg. fats and oils), phospholipids and sterols. It is only when people consume too much, too little or too much of some kinds of fats does poor health develop.
+ Provide an energy reserve when stored in the body’s fat tissue.
+ Insulate against temperature extremes.
+ Protect against shock.
+ Help the body use carbohydrate and protein efficiently.
Linoleic acid (omega 6) and alpha-linolenic acid (omega 3) are essential fatty acids (EFA). They are ‘essential’ because the body can’t synthesise them on it’s own.
+ Serve as structural parts of cell membranes
+ Precursors to the fatty acids that make eicosanoids, which have a major role in blood pressure regulation, blood clot formation and the immune response to injury and infection amongst other things.
Some great sources of fatty acids include:
* avocado
* oils (olive, peanut, etc)
* nuts (almonds, cashews, macadamia, etc).
* peanut butter
* seeds (sesame)
* fatty fish (salmon, tuna, etc)
* flaxseed
- References: Understanding Nutrition: Australian and New Zealand Edition (Whitney, E et al 2011), Nutritional Sciences: From Fundamentals to Food (McGuire, M & Beerman, K 2011), Linus Pauling Institute (ww.lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/othernuts/omega3fa/)
Healthy fats are part of a healthy diet!! Dont skip them. Infact, like 30% of my intake comes from healthy fats - mainly nuts (it keeps my calorie intake high so that i dont lose weight) also salmon, avocado and coconut oil!!! :)
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I absolutelly love healthy fats! :D sometimes I thing I can survive on eating only nuts.. I love them so much..my mum calls me squirrel because of this :D
ReplyDeleteDear Izzy, can you write something how to stop thinking about food all the time during recovery? I mean stop planning, what, when will I eat, what will I do if I have no time for eating etc.. thanks :)
Hahah, i know i feel the same! Love nuts sooo much!
DeleteI can try write a post about it... not sure when, but as soon asi can :) Remind me if i forget (in a few days time!) :)
What do you think about margarines? People tend to almost shout and preach (on the net) when they find out that someone isn't using butter. They humph how margarine is basically just processed shit that kills the human race. I personally prefer it, butter just feels a bit too thick and heavy etc since I eat quite a lot of bread.
ReplyDeleteThere's also one thing that I've wanted to ask but have always forgotten; how do you feel when you remember that there used to be a time when you barely even knew about such thing as 'anorexia' and now you have to think about it many times a day, every day.. Like, that your life will never be 100 % ED "free", you will always remember that it has once been a part of you. I've thought about this a little myself, and I'm not trying to be depressing, cause I personally just find this sort of fascinating. Well, honestly a bit sad too, but you get the point :D
Thanks you if you bother to think about these :) Have a nice Christmas-New Year time!
Hmm, i dont really know what i think. I use margarines (spreads) as that is more common here in Sweden, and thats what we buy (& its enriched with omega 3 & 6), and like you i find that butter is too heavy. I dont really know which is better... some
Deletemargarines are just filled with bad things, but some are fine and actually better than butter. So i guess its up to the individual... But also i think margarines are usually low fat... compared to butter? So if you eat alot of it, i think margarines are better.
Hmmm, ive never really thought about it. Though i do remember the first time i heard about anorexia, and just thought it was silly. I didnt understand how someone could starve themselves. And then just a little while later i was the one doing that.... Sometimes it feels weird to me when people dont even know what anorexia or bulimia are, or dont understand it, when to me. Its such a big part of my history, and i know so much about it.
It will be weird when im like 50 and telling my children/grandchildren how i once had anorexia.... (??)
Its not always on my mind, like its not like im reminded everyday that i had an ED before, its rarely something i think about. So i think it is possible to be 99% free from your eating disorder! haha
Hope you've had a good Christmas, and enjoy your New Year!
Huge thanks again for answering! I totally agree with you, I love it when I find someone that can understand and share thoughts about my ...thoughts? Hehee xd Anyway, it is interesting to imagine remembering my anorexia decades after present.
DeleteNot sure if you will read this anymore though :D
My ability to taste food has disappeared, which I'm guessing is due to Anorexia and it's annoying as hell because my taste buds are my only way to identifying my satisfaction level when eating and since they are currently stuffed up, I end up binging and bloated! :( Do you have any advice about how to get my sense of taste back??
ReplyDeleteHmmm, i dont have so much advice about this. But i can try to do some research and see if i find anything? Maybe try using more spices to make your taste come back. Because the tongue onnly has 4 tastes (i think), sweet, salty, sour and strong (?). So maybe try eating something really sweet, or somethign really spicy or really salty and see ?
DeleteHow much healthy fats is actually healthy for you? Im a recovering anorexic but I swear i eat too much, 3 oz of nuts a day plus maybe one avocado or salmon... Is that too much?
ReplyDeleteI swear I eat too much healthy fats though! I eat at least 3 oz of nuts a day recently even one avo or salmon on top of that! Is it too much of a good thing?
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