> Now I'm not so sure which is the "primary driver". There are quite a few competing thoughts but maybe the point is you should lower both. On that I don't thi

> Now I'm not so sure which is the "primary driver". There are quite a few competing thoughts but maybe the point is you should lower both. On that I don't think we disagree. However, saturated fat on its own isn't super palatable. There was a community I discovered a few years ago deliberately trying to up their saturated fat intake (specifically steric acid) and on it's own it's about as pleasurable as chewing on a candlestick (steric acid is used as a stiffener in paraffin candles). One thing I remember seeing too is that inflammation increases damage caused by de novo lipogenesis. I am wondering if consumption of stable saturated fats vs. consumption of unstable (and commonly rancid polyunsaturated fats) exasperates things.