Articles & Fact sheets - Fats, omega 3 fats, & Cholesterol

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Fats & Cholesterol

When your cholesterol is stuck - what then?

Fats & Oils - introduction

Recommended Total Fat intakes

Fats and Oils: The Facts (by Meadow Lea Foods)
A report reviewing the scientific literature regarding fats and oils and their importance in food and health. Download a report ; View table comparing oils and spreads and their nutrients per 100g.

Essential Role of Fats throughout the lifecycle (Supplement Med Journal Australia)
The Medical Journal of Australia published the supplement in 2002 - an initiative of the Child Nutrition Research Centre.

National Heart Foundation: Dietary Fats Position Statement, 1999
The National Heart Foundation recommends that Australians increase their intake of omega-6 fatty acids. Nutrition experts at the Healthy Eating Club believe that the focus should be more on increasing omega-3 fatty acid intake through foods like fish, soy, canola, green leafy vegetables, and legumes.

Saturated fats

Omega 3 fats - why should we have more? by Professor Andrew Sinclair

Omega-3 fats from plants

Metabolism of polyunsaturated omega-6 linoleic and omega-3 linolenic acid

Polyunsaturated (omega-6) and monounsaturated (omega-9) fats

Balance of polyunsaturated omega-6 fats and omega-3 fats in the diet

Trans fats (background)

Trans fats 2002 update

Dietary cholesterol

Better Health Channel Fact sheets
- Cholesterol Explained
- Cholesterol in more detail

The Healthy Eating Club is the nutrition content provider for the Victorian Government Health website
"Better Health Channel" (BHC) in Australia. The BHC produce Fact Sheets with our help for the general public. They have kindly given us permission to link these articles to our website. The relevant BHC fact sheets are linked under each heading as well as under one heading at the bottom of the "Food & Nutrition Information" index page.

Last Updated: September , 2002