Healthy Fats
Obviously, this list isn’t all-inclusive.
If I’ve left your favorite healthy fat off, feel free to yell at me (in a nice way!) in the comment section 
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- nuts (walnuts, almonds, cashews, pistachios, macadamias, hazelnuts…)
- avocados
- non-hydrogenated oils (such as olive, canola, flax, hep, peanut, sesame…)
- nut butters/seed butters
- non-hydrogenated spreads
- olives
- peanuts (not actually a nut, but a legume)
- coconuts (like peanuts, not actually nuts)
- seeds (pumpkin, flax, sesame…)
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Some of these are no-brainers.
But I really loved how Robert Cheeke put together a list of high-protein foods, all in one place.
So I wanted to do the same with fats.
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earth balance uses palm oil which is the habitat for orengatangs (sp) which are going endangered so I don’t advocate eating that
I echo what devyn says, and would add that the recent increase in the use of palm oil (because it is being used much more for trans-fat free products) is also contributing to rainforest destruction and deforestation. Palm fruit trees are grown in the tropics in huge plantations, and trees that naturally occur are being cut down to make room for the increasing demand.
Lots and lots of nut butters have added palm oil too – even organic and natural nut butters. Check the label!
Re the palm oil: some companies who include palm oils in their products state that their oil comes from sustainable plantations which haven’t undergone deforestation (involving killing and driving away orangatangs), in order to clear enough land for the crops to grow- they usually have an organgatang icon on their products- or state it in writing. Also- you can always contact the company- I don’t know how plausible this is, but hope that helps!
Thanks, girls, for letting me know about this. Honestly, I’d never even heard a thing about it until you brought it up.
I don’t want to be promoting something that contributes to rainforest destruction and deforestation, so until I learn more about the issue, I took EB off the list for now.
http://www.compassionatecooks.com/blog/2009/03/soy-free-earth-balance-has-arrived.html#c443296591640137750
Here is what Colleen Patrick-Goudreau has to say on the subject of Earth Balance. She does her research, and I at least consider her a reliable source. From what she says, organic Earth Balance isn’t even sourced in the same hemisphere as orangutang habitat.
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