People who take care of their silhouette often choose the degreased products. Because fat “makes us fat, raise cholesterol and generally – is harmful”. As a result we often count calories, decrease the cholesterol level with medicines, eat skimmed products, margarines, processed plant oils, follow the low-protein, low-fat miraculous diets and… we get on weight, are ill, aggressive and tired.

Fats, that are present naturally, are a mixture of glycerol and higher saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, free fatty acids, phospholipids, sterols, colorants, waxes, hydrocarbons, soluble vitamins and other products created during those changes. The basic ingredient of all fats are the fatty acids: saturated and unsaturated. The saturated fatty acids are present mostly in the animal fat (e.g. in milk, butter, cheese, meat, lard). The consistence of fat depends on the percentage of saturated (animal) acids  that are usually solid, and on the unsaturated (plant) acids that are usually liquid, except for the: palm, coconut and cocoa fats with a solid consistence.

Cholesterol – necessary for our health

The animal fats are usually associated with cholesterol. Not without a reason, but those associations should not be only negative because cholesterol is a compound characteristic of mammals. No plant produces cholesterol and we are not able to live without it. It is a structural compound of the cell membranes and all organelles inside cells. It controls the skin and brain functions. It builds the myelin sheaths of the nerves in the central nervous system. A healthy nerve tissue needs at least 5% of cholesterol. That is why the woman’s milk comparing to the cow milk includes 2 times more cholesterol – it guarantees appropriate development of a child’s brain. Cholesterol influences also the work of adrenal gland, is a precursor of the stress hormone (cortisone, noradrenalin, adrenalin), sex hormone (estrogen, testosterone, etc.), D3 vitamins and bile acids. It is worth knowing that too low cholesterol level may increase the risk of heart diseases, intensify the cancerous problems, cause hormonal disorders, pains in the muscles and nerves, chronic fatigue, problems with memory, depression.