What if saturated Fat is Actually Good for You?

[XAU]

This is insane article saying that no one proved that saturated fats can cause heart disease!


http://www.menshealth.com/cda/articl...eac____&page=1

[baarat]

What is so insane? And it's true, you won't find one study showing saturated fat on it's own directly linked to heart disease.This article is fairly old, hope mens health isn't taking credit.

[grapemaster]

uhhh its true...

[MissThing]

uhhh its true...

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hehe

[rotlex]

It's not an insane article. It's true. And yeah, for reference, Men's Health hardly discovered this. I believe it goes back to eh, uh, like the beginning of time?

[The Solution]

i think nearly everyone on here knew that, saturated fats should be incorproated into a daily diet due to the fact they help raise testosterone levels and play a vital part in bodily functions,

this is not brain science, just dont make all of your fats from saturated fats and try to divide them evenly between omega 3's n 6's as well

[Dubl10]

i heard that one source of saturated fat is good for you and that's "extra virgin coconut oil".

anybody else hear that or read that?

[baarat]

Not to worry layzie, because that would be impossible.

just dont make all of your fats from saturated fatsl

[digitalgoodtime]

this is definitely not a new headline, Men's Health is just considered the bible for the regular guy trying to live a healthy lifestyle and since they published it now a few million regular joes are happy to be eating mcdonald's again...lol

[XAU]

ok let me understand this, saturated fats can make you fat but you still not at risk of getting health problems like heart disease and stroke? I don't really get it!

I always thought fat people at higher risk of getting heart related disease, high blood pressure diabetes etc etc.

[baarat]

i heard that one source of saturated fat is good for you and that's "extra virgin coconut oil".

anybody else hear that or read that?

One source of saturated fat is good? I assume you don't believe this article then. Anyway virgin coconut oil is mostly lauric acid which increases HDL and barely effects LDL and is burned as fuel very effectively by the body as well.

[rotlex]

ok let me understand this, saturated fats can make you fat but you still not at risk of getting health problems like heart disease and stroke? I don't really get it!

I always thought fat people at higher risk of getting heart related disease, high blood pressure diabetes etc etc.

Since when do saturated fats make you more fat than anything else? I eat MORE of them when trying to lose weight than any other time! Also, since increasing my overall fat intake, including saturated fat from all sources, my risk of heart disease has DECREASED substantially! (Lower blood pressure, better cholesterol\lipids etc).

Seriously, if you don't get it, and I don't mean this as sarcastic, you are simply a victim, like 1000's of others, of what you have been lead to believe by the health industry, news media, and everyone else that doesn't know a damn thing.

A good read on the subject that is not a diet book, is Good Calories Bad Calories by Gary Taubes as well.

[MissThing]

ok let me understand this, saturated fats can make you fat but you still not at risk of getting health problems like heart disease and stroke? I don't really get it!

extra calories make you fat.

Saturated fats alone don't cause a problem. add them to refined sugars and hydrongenated fats and maybe you'll have a problem the trouble with a lot of resreach and articles is that when they talk about "fatty foods" they are more likely to cite processed fatty foods an example

I always thought fat people at higher risk of getting heart related disease, high blood pressure diabetes etc etc.

dietary fat <> stored body fat

[grapemaster]

ok let me understand this, saturated fats can make you fat but you still not at risk of getting health problems like heart disease and stroke? I don't really get it!

I always thought fat people at higher risk of getting heart related disease, high blood pressure diabetes etc etc.

ahhh you found the connection... yes FAT PEOPLE are at higher risk... its not b/c of the saturated fat though. its b/c they are FAT

[XAU]

ok thanks guys for the info, will do more research on the subject. Will try to get Gary Taubes's book

[Jules Verne]

I would bet, though, that a 'fat' active person that doesn't eat too much sugar would be less likely to develop heart disease than an 'thin', completely inactive person that lives off fast food and/or sugar.

Avoiding natural sources of saturated fat - like red meat, peanuts etc.. is like avoiding fruit because of the sugar. There are reasons one might choose not to eat beef or fruit, but avoiding saturated fats and sugars are not valid ones.

Avoiding excessive omega-6, however, is something you might consider - and that is a 'healthy' polyunsaturated fat!

[Jules Verne]

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the trouble with a lot of resreach and articles is that when they talk about "fatty foods" they are more likely to cite processed fatty foods an example

The other problem is that they are always (on humans) correlative studies, not cause-effect studies. All they say is that the less healthy portion of the population tends to eat more sat fat than the more healthy portion.