Updated: March 9, 2018
Fats
FAT COMPONENT
Cholesterol
Omega 3 Essential Fatty Acid
Omega 6 Essential Fatty Acid
Conjugated Linoleic Acid
Saturated Fat
Monounsaturated Fat
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NOTEWORTHY CHARACTERISTICS FOOD SOURCES
• Essential for growth and development
• Produces steroids that protect against cancer, heart • Butter, lard, full fat cheese/milk/cream/yogurt
disease, and mental illness. • Coconut/ palm oils
• Precursor for Vitamin D
• Polyunsaturated
• Walnuts, chia seeds, flax
• Your body cannot make these (needs them from food)
• Go rancid easily (should never be used in cooking/heated)
• Salmon, Sardines, anchovies, eggs, butter
• Wild rice, spinach
• Americans are typically unbalanced (Omega 3’s are low)
• Polyunsaturated
• Your body cannot make these (needs them from food) • Vegetable oils (safflower, corn, sunflower, soybean,
cottonseed, sesame, peanut), eggs, poultry, butter
• Go rancid easily (should never be used in cooking/heated)
• Americans are typically unbalanced (Omega 6’s are high)
• Strong anticancer properties
• CLA disappears when cows are fed even small amounts of • Butter from pasture fed cows
grain or processed foods
• Does not normally go rancid, even when used for high-heat
cooking • Found mostly in animal fats and tropical oils
• Solid or semi-solid at room temp • Your body makes them out of carbohydrates
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• Body makes monounsaturated fatty acids from saturated
fatty acids
• Olive oil, almond oil, pecan oil, cashew oil, peanut oil, and
• Liquid at room temp avocado oil.
• Relatively stable/ don’t go rancid easily (can be used for
cooking)


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 • Organ meats from grazing animals
• Discovered by Dr. Price
• Some seafood
The Price Factor • Catalyst that helps the body absorb and utilize minerals
• Butter from cows consuming rapidly growing grass in
• Not destroyed by pasteurization
spring and fall seasons.

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