Saturated fat is good!

Jericho said:
1) Lay on your back with your legs pointing upward. Use a wall if needed.

2) Place the scale upside down on the sole of your feet
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Oh...my mind was totally going elsewhere for step 2 there. It uh, well...let's just say that it involved some weirdness and quite a few things that aren't so sanitary.
 
Fats and Illness

I've come across a number of folks who claim there is a link between the amount of fat (both Sat. and Unsat.) and our ability to fight viruses and infections.

I used to be a low fat junkie and I was always sick. Seriously from November though to June I had a constant cold or flue like symptoms.

Once I kicked out the low fat stuff and had a more balanced diet I might get sick once ever few years, and even then it's pretty minor.

Definitely some value to some fat in our diet, I guess the only debate is on how much.

I just say eat real food, cut out fat where you can literally cut out fat (like right off the meat or cutting a smaller piece of butter.
 
saturated fat is good but you have to balance it because it may cause diseases that may cause an early death.
 
I'll usually pick saturated fats over trans fats (unless I make fried chicken, its always in lard, not vegetable oil) but I usually don't have to worry about it. Most of what I'm trying to eat now is low in both saturated and trans fats anyway, but I'm not going to avoid foods like coconut and avocado.
I would think health conscious people usually avoid foods based off calories more then fat content anyway, but I'm probably wrong.
 
some saturated fats, which ones were not told not good to be consumed are actually mandatory for cellular construction and health. That doesn't mean we are open to eat all stuff with lots of fats because their heavy dose is the only perpetrator in the demolition of our health.
 
Saturated fat is not good for you, it is saturated with hydrogen molecules to help keep it solid at room temperature. It is SHOWN that people who eat saturated fat are more likely to have heart disease, that was one of the major things we had to learn in my biology class this year.

Can you eat a little, say by eating some butter everyday? Yeah, absolutely, but the more you eat the more that is getting stored in your fat cells and the more likely you are to have heart disease in the future.
 
Causation and correlation are not the same thing... I don't recommend going out and eating some fried butter, but the whole 'saturated fat is bad for you' is is more believed to be true than known to be true.







At best you can say that replacing saturated fat with unsaturated may lower the risk -


I personally try not to go overboard with saturated fat, but I do believe that there's a reasonable threshold and that the increase in risk of heart disease between 1g of saturated fat and 20g of saturated fat in a day isn't worth stressing over.
 
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Jeanette401 said:
Causation and correlation are not the same thing... I don't recommend going out and eating some fried butter, but the whole 'saturated fat is bad for you' is is more believed to be true than known to be true.





At best you can say that replacing saturated fat with unsaturated may lower the risk -


I personally try not to go overboard with saturated fat, but I do believe that there's a reasonable threshold and that the increase in risk of heart disease between 1g of saturated fat and 20g of saturated fat in a day isn't worth stressing over.
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The link you provided was a Blog of a doctor, this is what the government website says...

"SATURATED FATS

These are the biggest dietary cause of high LDL levels ("bad cholesterol"). When looking at a food label, pay very close attention to the percentage of saturated fat and avoid or limit any foods that are high. Saturated fat should be limited to 10% of calories. Saturated fats are found in animal products such as butter, cheese, whole milk, ice cream, cream, and fatty meats. They are also found in some vegetable oils -- coconut, palm, and palm kernel oils. (Note: Most other vegetable oils contain unsaturated fat and are healthy.)"

 
The first link was a blog. The other links are actually peer reviewed journal articles. One of them also on a 'government website' aka pubmed.

Also, saturated fats may be linked with LDLs but ironically, the link between LDL cholesterol and heart disease is not exactly solid. Especially in terms of causation.

As far as the governments recommendation, I don't see a problem with limiting the intake but that's not the same as saying that even a little is bad for you. Meanwhile, the govt revamped the food pyramid they had promoted for years (and which was heavily influenced by lobbyists) because it wasn't that healthy. So I like to do my own research rather than just take their recommendation for granted.
 
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