For the longest time you and I have been lied too. Saturated fat is bad for you and will lead to heart disease. How many times have you heard this? How many times have you said this? It has been a few years since I first came to the realization that fat is actually good. It does good things for the body. (Vit A,D,E,K can only be absorbed with fat) Cholesterol isn't the enemy it's made out to be. (a different post)
These "facts" on the dangers of saturated fat were first came to fruition from some badly reported, some say made up, reports by a guy named Ancel Keys in the mid 50's. Poor research at best. He confused saturated fat with trans fat. Trans Fat is evil. So yea...you saw some health issues.
Saturated fat has no link to cardiovascular disease. A new report from the Netherlands, "Saturated fat, Carbohydrates and Cardiovascular Disease," explores the dynamics of this. Essentially, saturated fat didn't have the impact on CVD. It raised serum cholesterol slightly. The carbohydrates (high glycemic) are the real CVD culprits.
So those low fat chips/crackers/cookies that are sold as a health food, not so much.
2 comments:
I love it when people FINALLY see the light!
Wow, Literally last week, in class, I was told saturated fats are the "bad" fats.
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