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Generally, they are lower in saturated fat, but that’s less of a “lose weight this year” improvement and more of a “reduce your chance of a heart attack in 20 y
by RC_ITR 4y ago
Generally, they are lower in saturated fat, but that’s less of a “lose weight this year” improvement and more of a “reduce your chance of a heart attack in 20 years” improvement.
- ericmcer 4y agoWe really don't know that, and there is a huge difference between eating canola or palm oil and eating beef fat (although we throw them all under a blanket "saturated" label). I would guess beyond is using a variety of seed, palm, and coconut oils to fatten the burgers. Everyone can have their own opinion on this but I believe animal fats are healthier than those seed oils.
- AlexandrB 4y agoEveryone can have their own opinion but the best research says that replacing animal fats with plant fats in one's diet leads to longer life: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qInpEKHdjXk https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qInpEKHdjXk
- merrywhether 4y agoThese claims have been coming under scrutiny: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32724569 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32724569
- RC_ITR 4y agoIf you read that article, the “scrutiny” is that the original research didn’t factor in potential benefits of vitamins in meat, which feels like a stretch.
- anonuser123456 4y agoThe best research does not say this. The best research is completely unclear since nutritional epidemiology is plagued with bad data, bad science and political agendas one way or the other.
- ericmcer 4y agoGood video, I am a little suspicious of the neutrality of a channel called "plant chompers" with other videos about how plant protein is as good as meat protein etc. but it has some good points.
- nxmnxm99 4y agoThe "best research" 20 years ago said fat free was the solution, now everybody is walking around with mental health issues. When it comes to nutritional science there's WAY too much corporate influence to trust "the best research" at any given point in time.
- spookthesunset 4y agoNo to mention it is super hard to do any kind of real world research on long term effects of certain foods. Plus the food we eat does all kinds of stuff to our bodies. What is good for our bodies on one dimension might be bad on another. Our interaction with food is incredibly complex.
- tlogan 4y agoIt is not clear. Why people in Caucasu region live so long? They only eat meat and cheese? But maybe it is true. Anyway, “Meat is not healthy” is distraction against the real killer: sugar. The main problem in typical American diet is way too much sodium and sugar. But sugar industry is way way too powerful do do anything. So let’s attack meat … or gluten or whatever. But god forbid removing sugar from bacon and hamburgers (and plant based burgers have about 10g of sugar in it).
- djleni 4y ago> and plant based burgers have about 10g of sugar in it Where are you getting this? Impossible’s nutrition facts state < 1g per serving.
- tlogan 4y agoThey hide it under carbohydrates. Meat should have 0g of carbohydrates.
- djleni 4y agoI guess if I’m being pedantic, sugar isn’t technically the same as carbs, but from a health perspective carbs aren’t much better. I’ll give you that. No one is going to be using using this stuff for a keto diet :)
- noj357 4y agoSugar is a carbohydrate, it's a simple carbohydrate - which is just a shorter chain of glucose molecules opposed to a complex carbohydrate which has a longer chain. The end result is glucose, and the differing factor is the rate at which your body metabolizes it.
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- jodrellblank 4y agoDr Paul Mason on "Saturated Fat is not Dangerous"[1] talks about the introduction of the "lower saturated fat" guidelines in Australia and how it was not based on any evidence or medical literature review. He mentions three meta-analyses on saturated fats: "Insufficient evidence of association is present for intake of ... saturated or polyunsaturated fatty acids; total fat ... meat, eggs and milk" - Mente A, et al. A systematic review of the evidence supporting a causal link between dietary factors and coronary heart disease. Arch Intern Med. 2009 April 13. "... no significant evidence for conclusing that dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of CHD or CVD" - Siri-Tarino PW, et al. Meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies evaluating the association of saturated fat with cardiovascular disease. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Mar. "There were no clear effects of dietary fat changes on total mortality or cardiovascular mortality..." - Hooper L, et al. Reduced or modified dietary fat for preventing cardiovascular disease. Cochrane Database Syst. Rev. 2011 Jul 6. And he says "the balance of evidence available at the time of developing our nutritional guidelines says that saturated fat in the diet is not associated with any deleterious health outcomes, that is, it's safe". Newer research published after 2013, same results, he cites three more reviews and meta-analyses, two from the British Medical Journal. Then he mentions the biggest most expensive study done on reducing dietary fat, $700,000,000 dollars, 50,000 people, 8 years, and the only statistically significant result from the study was that women with a history of heart disease who were randomly selected into the lower fat group, increased their risk of problems such as heart attacks was increased by 26%. That is, saturated fat (animal fat tends to be) hasn't been proven to do anything bad, and reduced fat (vegetarianism tends to be , but not necessarily) hasn't been proven to do anything beneficial. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUY_SDhxf4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUY_SDhxf4k
- bawolff 4y ago> eating canola or palm oil and eating beef fat (although we throw them all under a blanket "saturated" label) Wait, what? Canola oil does have some saturated fat but is mostly unsaturated fat. (You know, because its "oil")
- zdragnar 4y agoPerhaps coconut oil was intended? That's been a big fad, though lately not in processed foods except for keto snacks.