Saturated Fats - Myth vs. Reality

Is saturated fat bad? No, it’s super healthy. Can saturated fat be bad? Yup, just like many nutrients, if eaten in excess, it correlates with inflammation, irregular lipid levels, and metabolic health issues.

Nutrition is complex because some things are just bad, like alcohol. And some things are just good, like protein. And then lots of things like iron, selenium, and yes saturated fat fall into the “dose-dependent” category where they go from being super healthy to suddenly problematic.

There is a current trend in pop health to eat saturated fat with reckless abandon. This is an interesting experiment, but if you look at the overwhelming consensus of published data, it’s a risky one.

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Saturated Fats - Myth vs. Reality

Is saturated fat bad? No, it’s super healthy. Can saturated fat be bad? Yup, just like many nutrients, if eaten in excess, it correlates with inflammation, irregular lipid levels, and metabolic health issues.

Nutrition is complex because some things are just bad, like alcohol. And some things are just good, like protein. And then lots of things like iron, selenium, and yes saturated fat fall into the “dose-dependent” category where they go from being super healthy to suddenly problematic.

There is a current trend in pop health to eat saturated fat with reckless abandon. This is an interesting experiment, but if you look at the overwhelming consensus of published data, it’s a risky one.

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SFA raises cholesterol strictly linearly from the first gram - as the diagram shows in vid also shows, and as the well tested Keys equation term '2 x S - P' predicts. Not really a threshold onset - like with alcohol. Not healthy as it. Though SFA from foods with lots of PUFA and fiber can more or less be neutralized in effect.
Ppl with high Lp(a) and or base line cholesterol or existing plaque in ultrasound should really not go to palm-coconut and land animal fat and dietary cholesterol - impairing bullet-proof blood cholesterol.