Super low Sat. Fat

Leskol Half Fat has only 1.3g per 100g of saturated fat. One point three per cent... that's super low, and means that Leskol Half Fat has less saturated fat than virtually any hard cheese in the UK or Europe.

As we've seen, eating too much saturated fat not only leads to weight gain, it actively raises your LDL 'bad' cholesterol level. Unsaturated fats, however, are good for you and could even help lower your overall cholesterol level.

Leskol Half Fat's secret is the use of vegetable oil... which is rich in unsaturates. The unsaturated fats in
Leskol Half Fat include polyunsaturated and monounsaturated and are both great news for your heart and overall health. The polys are abundant in many vegetable and nut oils, as well as in cold water fish, such as salmon or tuna.

The monos (good fats) are also found in many vegetable oils and, like the polyunsaturates, really lower your overall cholesterol levels, but they manage this without lowering your HDL, or good, cholesterol levels, which is particularly good news.

Of course, if you really want to boost the levels of unsaturated fat in your diet, move to the Med! People living on a traditional Mediterranean diet, high in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and fatty fish, generally show much healthier cardiovascular systems. Vegetable oils, nuts, olives, avocados, tuna and mackerel are always good things to look out for in particular.