Too much dietary fat causes many health problems. However, it is important to have some fat in your diet; about 20 to 35 percent of your calories should come from a variety and balance of healthy fats (polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats).Healthy fats are used by your body in several ways:1  Fat provides a highly-concentrated form of energy. 2  One gram of fat gives you nine calories of energy, which is over twice that provided by carbohydrates or protein. 3  Fat enables your body to transport, store and absorb the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K.owever, it is important to have some fat in your diet; about 20 to 35 percent of your calories should come from a variety and balance of healthy fats (polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats). Healthy fats are used by your body in several ways: 1  Fat provides a highly-concentrated form of energy.
The sit-ins that changed America. The civil rights movement was energized by these '60s-era protests. The sixties were born on Feb. 1, 1960, 50 years ago this week, when four African American college students staged the first sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C. Since then, the mythology of the '60s has dominated the idea of youthful activism.
The Left: An Occupy organizer admitted over the weekend that the goal of his protest group was to overthrow the capitalist system and build communism. So the cat's out of the bag again on this bunch. Where is the outrage? The true agenda of the Occupy movement has been revealed â it's a totalitarian one.