What are the good (essential) fats?
• The body cannot make them; • They are required for normal cell, tissue, gland, and organ function, for health, and for life; • They must be provided from outside the body, through food or supplements; • They can come only from fats (hence fat-free diets cannot supply them); • Their absence from the diet will eventually kill; • Deficiency results in progressive deterioration, can lead to death; • Return of essential fatty acids to a deficient diet reverses the symptoms of deficiency and results in a return to health.
