ABSTRACT
Over the past couple of decades fat and cholesterol have taken a beating in the press, being labeled as the nutritional bad boys. We are told to avoid them as much as possible. Yet one cannot help but wonder whether fats and cholesterol have been simply misunderstood. Without question, certain types of fats in excess can have a negative impact upon certain risk factors for heart disease; however, other types of fat are not really a problem, while others still contain fatty acids essential to our health. Interestingly, with the rebirth of the low carbohydrate diet, fat has become a sought-out component of some people’s diets in a quest for weight loss. Furthermore, the storage of excessive energy in the body as fat versus carbohydrate or protein certainly holds tremendous merit, which is often overlooked.
