May 4--Good fats, bad fats, so-so fats. Do you know which is which? Here's a quiz to test how up-to-date you are about the fat in your diet.
1. Fats are necessary because they provide essential fatty acids to the body.
True or false?
2. Some vitamins cannot be absorbed by the body without fat.
True or false?
3. All fats, good and bad, have about the same calories.
True or false?
4. Monounsaturated fats are solid at room temperature.
True or false?
5. Monounsaturated fats raise cholesterol just like saturated fat.
True or false?
6. Sources of monounsaturated fats include olive, canola and peanut oils.
True or false?
7. Polyunsaturated fats are solid at room temperature.
True or false?
8. Polyunsaturated fats can lower cholesterol when they replace saturated fat in the diet.
True or false?
9. Plants and fish are sources of polyunsaturated fats.
True or false?
10. Saturated fats are solid at room temperature.
True or false?
11 Saturated fats raise harmful LDL cholesterol and increase heart disease risk.
True or false?
Source: Cooking Light magazine, April 2008
Answers: 1. True; 2. True; 3. True; 4. False; 5. False; 6. True; 7. False; 8. True; 9. True; 10. True; 11. True
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