Just to recap: good fat is fish, animal and seed oils. Bad fat is hydrogenated fat (or trans fats or mono and diglycerides of fatty acids) which is in low fat spreads and margarines as well as cakes, biscuits, pies and some breads – read the labels.
Animal fat in small proportions is OK as long as you are eating plenty of meat, vegetables, fruit, fish and drinking plain water. In fact the body needs animal fat and gristle to keep the joints healthy as in the fats from fish and muscles.
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