Bodybuilders may slather oil over the peaks and valleys of contest-ready muscle for maximum sheen, but it's the oil they gulp during the off season, and during pre-contest training, that matters the very most. But while fat is fat is fat when it comes to gaining, losing or shredding, and in terms of how the body sees all fats as mostly equal when it comes to weight gain and loss, fats are far from created equal. That's because some oils serve the body and metabolism much better than others in the long run. Health may be a six-letter word uttered often by Birkenstock-wearing hippies, but it's also important to your longevity as a bodybuilder. Types of fats found in oils: Monounsaturated fats help lower what health professionals call "bad" fats - those are the low-density lipoproteins known as "LDL" fats. They represent the ...

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