Great link to learn about fats....

The following nutrient-rich traditional fats have nourished healthy population groups for thousands of years:
-Butter
-Beef and lamb tallow
-Lard
-Chicken, goose and duck fat
-Coconut, palm and sesame oils
-Cold pressed olive oil
-Cold pressed flax oil
-Marine oils


The following new-fangled fats can cause cancer, heart disease, immune system dysfunction, sterility, learning disabilities, growth problems and osteoporosis:
-All hydrogenated oils
-Soy, corn and safflower oils
-Cottonseed oil
-Canola oil
-All fats heated to very high temperatures in processing and frying



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