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Here’s a fascinating paradox. Over the last 4 decades, nutrition policy makers have increasingly exhorted us to eat less saturated fat. As a result of
Even today, as new studies emerge showing saturated fat does not cause heart disease, you’ll occasionally find a misguided journalist incorrectly lump it with trans fat or use “artery clogging” to describe saturated fat. The tiding is slowly changing. One recent meta-analysis in the Annals of
Too much fat in your diet, especially saturated fats, can raise your cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart disease. Current UK government guidelines advise cutting down on all fats and replacing saturated fat with some unsaturated fat.
Dietary fats: Know which types to choose. When choosing fats, pick unsaturated fat over saturated fat. Here’s how. By Mayo Clinic Staff
Fat is one of the three main macronutrients, along with carbohydrate and protein. Fats, also known as triglycerides, are esters of three fatty acid chains and the alcohol glycerol.
Learn about what fats you should avoid in order to keep your heart healthy. We cover saturated, unsaturated, and trans fats, as well as tips to reduce saturated fat
A saturated fat is a type of fat in which the fatty acid chains have all or predominantly single bonds.A fat is made of two kinds of smaller molecules: glycerol and fatty acids.
You know all of the negative stuff you’ve heard about fat over the years? About how bad, unhealthy and flat out evil is can be? Well, in nearly 100% of those cases, it’s trans fat or saturated fat that are the specific types of fat being referred to as the cause (or supposed cause) of all of those bad/unhealthy things.