Good Fats and Bad Fats

Eating good kinds of fat is an important part of healthy eating. Healthy fats lower the risk of heart disease, decrease inflammation, help create healthy cell membranes, and stabilize hormone levels.

But sometimes just looking at labels, it’s hard to tell what is a “good fat” and what is a “bad fat."

Here’s a little cheat sheet:

Bad fats:
Vegetable oil
Hydrogenated oil
Sunflower oil
Cottonseed oil
Soybean oil
Corn oil
Canola Oil

Good fats:
Coconut oil
Olive oil
Grass Fed Butter
Avocados
Wild caught fish
Grass fed meats
Raw tree nuts