Udo Erasmus discusses the benefits of eating healthy fats in our diets

The Benefits of Eating Healthy Fats with Udo Erasmus – BtR 298

Udo Erasmus continues his discussion with Rutter Nation about the benefits of eating healthy fats.

BtR 298 Udo Erasmus

What are Healthy Fats

There are three main buckets of fats when it comes to defining nutrition. They are trans fats, saturated fats, and unsaturated fats (Types of Fats, Harvard). 

Good Fats and Bad Fats

Trans fats, also known as partially hydrogenated oils, are the most unhealthy of the three categories. Heavy consumption of these can lead to insulin resistance, raise low-density lipoproteins (LDL, the bad cholesterol), inflammation, and increase coronary heart disease. This is commonly found in the types of oils used by the fast-food industry because of their resistance to being heated repeatedly.

Saturated fats can be found in meats, dairy, and even cookies. While previous studies suggested that these were also unhealthy fats, there is a slightly less strict tune with these fats. It’s recommended that they make up less than 7% of our caloric intake though.

The healthy fats we’re focusing on in this podcast interview are the unsaturated fats, and specifically two fatty acids, Omega-3 and Omega-6. While these are good fats for weight loss, these Omega fatty acids are essential for cell regeneration. Examples of fats in this category include a few sources like salmon, avocado, flax seeds, walnuts, and a few oils like sunflower and canola oil. These are the fats Americans are not getting enough in their diets.

What are the Benefits of Eating Healthy Fats

Benefits of eating healthy fats include the following:

Udo Erasmus

Udo Erasmus has been educating on the benefits of eating healthy fats since the 1980s after surviving a food poisoning event.

Udo Erasmus is a pioneer of the health and wellness industry having created FLAX OIL and the Healthy Fats Movement. He is also the co-founder of the UDO’S CHOICE supplement brand, a global leader in cutting-edge health products having sold tens of millions of bottles of healthy oils, probiotics, and digestive enzymes. Udo is an accomplished author including Fats that Heal Fats that Kill that has sold over 250,000 copies worldwide. Udo has extensive education in Biochemistry and Biology, a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from Adler University, and has impacted over 5,000,000+ lives by passionately conducting 5,000+ live presentations, 3,000+ media interviews, 1,500 staff trainings, and traveled to 40+ countries with his message on how to achieve perfect health.

In This Episode

Here are some of the topics discussed in this episode:

  • Defining healthy fats
  • Healthy fats as the “God molecule” in our diets
  • How Udo’s supplements are manufactured
  • Connecting the habits of physical health with your outlook on life
  • How misinformation is a form of dictatorship
  • Common ailments of deficiency in Omega-3 and Omega-6 fats
  • Did you know that digestion happens outside of your body?
  • A case for raw eating, or using supplements for your healthy fats
  • Surviving poisoning in 1981
  • The benefits of learning from a disaster in your life – living in harmony

Resources and Links

You can connect with Udo at his website to learn more about his products, story, and more at UdoErasmus.com.

Check out Udo Erasmus’s promotion of his book, Fats that Heal Fats that Kill.

Listen to these past episodes:

Madison Radke Discusses Why You Should Eat Healthy at Work – BtR 177

Jerry’s Sci-Fi Keto Diet, the Importance of Rest, and Goal Management – BtR 185

The Keto Eatery on Launching a Small Business with Sarah Martinez and Kari Betancourt – BtR 199

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Episode Credits

Host, Editing, and Production: Jerry Dugan

Music: “Oceans Apart” is our theme song composed and performed by Scott Ian Holmes.