Some Chinese people were consuming an excessive amount of meat, oils and fats and not enough cereal, especially urban residents.
And the oils and fats used in some fried potato and corn chips elevate cholesterol and can cause heart disease.
Liquid oils are usually unsaturated fats, including monounsaturated fats in olive and canola oils and polyunsaturated fats in safflower, corn, soybean and fish oils.
Gone is the mid section of fruits and veggies narrowing to the tiniest peak of fats, sweets and oils built on Bush-era dietary research that all fats were bad fats.
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Compared to 40 years ago, we consume 23 percent more calories, 56 percent more added fats and oils and dairy fat, and 14 percent more sugar and sweetener.
Edgeley says it will use vegetable and plant oils, together with animal fats that are not fit for human consumption, all of which are independently audited and meet the government's sustainability criteria.
Skip the saturated and trans fat and go for good fats found in flaxseed oils, olive oil, natural peanut butter, nuts and avocados, which are beneficial.
Nuts, especially almonds, are rich in monounsaturated fats, as are olive and canola oils.
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It's unclear just how many people have the condition, but the association said they might consider eating more unsaturated fats, found in vegetable and olive oils, nuts and avocados.
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And the company has promised to use (slightly) more healthful oils, eliminating artery-clogging trans fats.
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