Dietary fats gives you energy, support's cell growth, helps protect organs, keeps body warm, helps absorb nutrients, and make hormones.

Four types of dietary fat:

Saturated fat

Trans fat

Monosaturated fat

Polyunsaturated fat

The first two are bad

The last two are good

The first to raise your cholesterol levels were as the last to lower it

There are 9 calories per gram across all forms of fats

It's more energy dense than protein and carbs they only provide 4 calories per gram

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