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Fats and Cholesterol

Baked goods wouldn’t be the same without fat.

Many foods we love, including cupcakes, peanuts, cheese, milk, beef, pork, sour cream, vegetable oil, cookies, cakes, and dark chicken meat have a high fat content. All these foods are tasty, yet for most people, f-a-t may as well be a four- letter word. It’s synonymous with bad health, bulging waistlines, tight jeans, and clogged arteries . The reason is simple: eating too much fat can make a person sick. It can even kill. Excess fat can cause a person to be overweight, or suffer from obesity , diabetes , heart disease, high blood pressure, and a variety of other ailments. In fact, too much fat in our diet is so bad that doctors tell us to stay away from it.

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