Not all fats are unhealthy. Experts at helpguide.org might you better insight about this. They distinguish fats according to the families so that we can see clearly, interesting right?
- Monounsaturated fat. It’s a good fat primarily found at plant oils like canola oil, peanut oil, and olive oil. Others are avocados, nuts such as almonds, hazelnuts, and pecans, and seeds..
- Polyunsaturated fat. A healthy fat primarily found at sunflower, corn, soybean, and flaxseed oils, and also foods such as walnuts, flax seeds, and fish.
- Saturated fat. This is bad fat that increases your LDL (bad) cholesterol. Primary sourced from animal including red meat and whole milk dairy products. Others are from tropical vegetable oils (coconut oil, palm oil and foods made with these oils). While poultry and fish contain lesser of this fat.
- Trans fat. This bad fat increases LDL cholesterol and lower HDL (good) cholesterol. Primary sources are vegetable shortenings, some margarine, crackers, candies, cookies, snack foods, fried foods, baked goods, and other processed foods made with partially hydrogenated vegetable oils.
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