GOOD FATS AND BAD Good Fats These traditional fats can handle the heat involved in processing or cooking. Olive oil Peanut oil Butter (Yes, butter!) Macadamia nut oil Coconut oil Animal fats (lard, tallow) Palm oil Any artisanally produced unrefined oil Bad Fats These industrial-era fats cannot handle the heat involved in processing or cooking. Canola oil Soy oil Sunflower oil Cottonseed oil Corn oil Grapeseed oil Safflower oil Non-butter spreads (including margarine) and the so-called trans-free spreads