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Where can I find the better fats?

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Sarah Alligood, MPH, RD
International Food Information Council Foundation
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<span>Sarah Alligood is a registered dietitian specializing in nutrition communications. She has always loved food and cooking and operated by the principle that food is just as much a pleasure as a necessity.  Sarah recently moved from North Carolina to Washington, DC where she works at the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation <font><span>(<a>www.ific.org</a>). </span></font>IFIC is a nonprofit organization that communicates science-based information on food safety and nutrition to the media, health professionals, and others that come into contact with consumers.  At IFIC, Sarah monitors the ever-evolving nutrition communications environment and analyzes how this environment influences the decisions that people make when it comes to food and health.  She has also authored several articles on nutrition topics and delivered presentations to a variety of audiences ranging from preschoolers to college students to professionals.  Sarah is an active member of the American Dietetic Association and the Society for Nutrition Education.  She earned her Master of Public Health in Nutrition from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has diverse experience in the food and nutrition arena from the Stanford University Dining Services in Palo Alto, CA, to the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, NC, and Piedmont Health Services WIC clinic in Prospect Hill, NC.  Sarah also performed with a modern dance company in college and has recently dusted off her dancing shoes. </span>

Where can I find the better fats?

 

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Host: Where can I find the better fats?

Sarah Alligood: So when we say that we are looking for a source of a certain type of fat, you have to keep in mind that all foods with fat have pretty much all types of fat within them, but you are looking for foods that have more of a certain fat. So when you are looking for foods that more unsaturated fat, some great places to start would be fish. If you like fish, fish are a great source of unsaturated fats. Also, nuts, seeds, things that are made from nuts for example, peanut butter, also avocados are great source and vegetable oils. You have probably heard about olive oil, also canola oil, peanut oil, sunflower oil are all great options to get unsaturated fats. So try to keep that in mind when you are cooking at home to maybe be using some other vegetable oil. When you are buying products look at the ingredients and see what types of oil that was put in them and try to choose the unsaturated kind.

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