Besides improving the taste and texture of food, dietary fat is
vitally important for good health. Dietary fat:
• Is critical for proper brain and nerve function,
eyesight, skin health, and even sperm count.
• Slows the progression of age-related memory loss
and other cognitive disorders.
• Bolsters mood and prevents depression.
• Is used to make cell membranes, hormones, and
hormonelike substances.
• Carries the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K.
(Without fat, you’d become deficient in these
vitamins.)
• Helps convert carotenes into vitamin A.
• Enables mineral absorption.
• Allows the body to fill in bone with calcium and
other minerals.
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