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Well, can you explain how adding any saturated fat improves a meal, or not?

by noondip 11y ago

maxerickson 11y ago
I never claimed the addition of saturated fat would improve a meal. I don't think a modest amount of saturated fat makes much difference either way (I love me some butter, so I hope I'm right). I think there is a fair chance that there is some truth to all the studies of olive oil consumption that show a net benefit from consuming it.
- noondip 11y ago
  > all the studies of olive oil consumption that show a net benefit from consuming it Well, where are they? I find it laughable how no one ever seems to be able to cite evidence exonerating unhealthy olive oil in these types of discussions.
  - maxerickson 11y ago
    There's plenty of citations in industry material like this: http://www.aboutoliveoil.org/oohealthbenefits.pdf http://www.aboutoliveoil.org/oohealthbenefits.pdf (Now that I've pointed you to an easily found resource, will you read the cited works?)
    - noondip 11y ago
      > Commissioned by the International Olive Council Okay, now I'm convinced you really are kidding.
      - maxerickson 11y ago
        It's an industry sponsored survey of scientific research. That they included a result in it does not impugn the research. (the citations of scientific papers are on the bottom of each page...) Note the in industry material in my comment above. I anticipated this response, I didn't have to edit it to put that in.
        noondip 11y ago
        The citations don't support your conclusion, and neither does the entire paper itself. At best, it shows whole olives are a healthy food to eat from time to time. How can you possibly reason extracting, refining, processing and heating olives make them into "good oils"? My advice for you is, don't allow yourself to be informed by industry, and look for unbiased systematic reviews and meta-analyses instead.
        maxerickson 11y ago
        So stuff like http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16571180 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16571180 or http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16954359 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16954359 is bullcrap because you say so? Anyway, have fun.

Well, can you explain how adding any saturated fat improves a meal, or not?

by noondip 11y ago

Well, can you explain how adding any saturated fat improves a meal, or not?

I never claimed the addition of saturated fat would improve a meal. I don't think a modest amount of saturated fat makes much difference either way (I love me some butter, so I hope I'm right). I think there is a fair chance that there is some truth to all the studies of olive oil consumption that show a net benefit from consuming it.

noondip 11y ago
> all the studies of olive oil consumption that show a net benefit from consuming it Well, where are they? I find it laughable how no one ever seems to be able to cite evidence exonerating unhealthy olive oil in these types of discussions.
- maxerickson 11y ago
  There's plenty of citations in industry material like this: http://www.aboutoliveoil.org/oohealthbenefits.pdf http://www.aboutoliveoil.org/oohealthbenefits.pdf (Now that I've pointed you to an easily found resource, will you read the cited works?)
  - noondip 11y ago
    > Commissioned by the International Olive Council Okay, now I'm convinced you really are kidding.
    - maxerickson 11y ago
      It's an industry sponsored survey of scientific research. That they included a result in it does not impugn the research. (the citations of scientific papers are on the bottom of each page...) Note the in industry material in my comment above. I anticipated this response, I didn't have to edit it to put that in.
      - noondip 11y ago
        The citations don't support your conclusion, and neither does the entire paper itself. At best, it shows whole olives are a healthy food to eat from time to time. How can you possibly reason extracting, refining, processing and heating olives make them into "good oils"? My advice for you is, don't allow yourself to be informed by industry, and look for unbiased systematic reviews and meta-analyses instead.
        maxerickson 11y ago
        So stuff like http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16571180 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16571180 or http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16954359 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16954359 is bullcrap because you say so? Anyway, have fun.