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Saturated fats are not an issue; its transfats which are unhealthy. The saturated fat hype was possibly started by the sugar industry, and debunked some good 15
by Fnoord 4y ago
Saturated fats are not an issue; its transfats which are unhealthy. The saturated fat hype was possibly started by the sugar industry, and debunked some good 15-20 years ago by Martijn Katan et al.
- zzzeek 4y agoyou are mistaken, the link between saturated fat and LDL cholesterol is extremely well documented and widely known, also matches my personal experience just for good measure. the only controversies about reducing saturated fats have to do with secondary effects, such as, "person might eat too many carbs if they reduce saturated fats too much", things like that. There are also some quacks who have tried to claim that LDL cholesterol levels are not important and even that arteriosclerosis is not a cause of heart attacks. You can go pretty far with this kind of stuff, when following the science means one has to radically change their diet in order to avoid heart disease, people really want there to be another answer.