Can fat be good?
A. Fat is not only good, fat is necessary. The dietary balance between families of fats, primarily the omega-3s and the omega-6s, determines the balance between the more benign odd-numbered prostaglandins and aggressively inflammatory even-numbered prostaglandins. The omega-3s are generally less inflammatory: canola (improved rapeseed oil), walnut oil, flaxseed oil (I love soaked flax seeds), sesame and olive oil are good for cooking, avocado oil (excellent and tasty), and the oils from cold water fish or seaweed (EPA, DHA, cod liver oil, salmon oil, super blue green algae). Still primarily necessary, but often out of proportion to the omega-3s are the even numbered omega-6s. The potentially more inflammatory omega-6 fats come from corn, sunflower, safflower, soybean, and grape seed oil. Our primary mistake is eating animals fattened on these modern hybridized grains. Unless you are allergic, the oils in the vegetables themselves are beneficial. The impact of dietary animal fat found i
