monounsaturated

My understanding is monounsaturated fats are known to be cardiovascularly protective and polyunsaturated are less stable, hence the ordering.

There is a whole school of thought that polyunsaturated fats are the bad ones, while saturated or monounsaturated are good.

They break down fat content into (I think) saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated, or possibly some other trichotomy.

If you eat a lot of good fats (good = monounsaturated, e.g.

In addition to the effect of antioxidants, the stearic acid in dark chocolate quickly converted by your liver into oleic acid (a monounsaturated fat).

If the oil solidifies, it’s monounsaturated and is olive oil.

I'm unsure of how exactly, but the polyunsaturated fats increase the free radical production, where as monounsaturated and saturated fats can prevent it.

I'm not really aware of any reason to prefer monounsaturated fats vs polyunsaturated fats (and other oils beat olive oil on unsaturated vs saturated).

Extra virgin olive oil has a pretty great monounsaturated to polyunsaturated fat ratio and good flavor for salad dressing, eggs, sauces, meat dishes, etc.

Polyunsaturated and monounsaturated oils have to be balanced.

The thing I find most disturbing is that omega-6 can replace monounsaturated fats in your skin and could significantly increase your risk of cancer.

Consuming monounsaturated fat is good for you.

The CDC says that "Most of the fat that you eat should come from unsaturated sources: polyunsaturated fats and monounsaturated fats.

There are rare exceptions to plant based oils being a bad idea for lubrication, involving genetic modification to produce mostly monounsaturated fats and further processing, like with alg’s “go juice”.

"Low in carbohydrates and high in monounsaturated fat and protein, these nuts are buoyed by a rising wave of nutritional consensus and diet fads (gluten-free, paleo, low-carb, etc.)." Important point.

I would add that I think there isn't much better for you than saturated and monounsaturated fat and that there isn't much worse for you than "vegetable" (industrial seed) oils because of their high (especially omega-6) polyunsaturated fat content.

Monounsaturated fats are probably fine, but other unsaturated fats accumulate in tissues over time and cause disease.

Monounsaturated fat is a much better choice as it is nearly as effective as saturated fat at promoting hormone biosynthesis.