librarising
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For heaven's sake mate!
Before you dismiss the warnings about saturated fats ...
I remember my reaction to reading that saturated fats were good for you. I'd just been diagnosed diabetic, and was reading Dr John Briffa's Escape The Diet Trap, in which he states exactly that. That can't be true, I thought, and was straight onto Google. My years of being lied to were starting to be over.
So, before you accept the warnings about saturated fats, a little self-education (or a lot, as in my case) might change your mind.
Gary Taubes' The Diet Delusion (aka Good Calories, Bad Calories) explains how sat fats came to be demonised in the first place. It's an illuminating read. Uffe Ravnskov MD summarises what Taubes details :
https://www.spacedoc.com/articles/saturated_fat_is_good_for_you_2
Here are a number of other avenues for you to follow up on :
https://www.google.co.uk/search?num......1c.1.64.hp..1.2.640.0..0i155i3.eUlHd-U2JSo
Is this scientific enough for you ?
https://chriskresser.com/new-study-puts-final-nail-in-the-saturated-fat-causes-heart-disease-coffin/
"a meta-analysis concluded that there is no relationship between the intake of saturated fat and the incidence of heart disease or stroke.
Let me put that in layperson’s terms for you:
Eating saturated fat doesn’t cause heart disease."
The demonisation of saturated fats is the reverse to 'heart-healthy' grains. They're both dogmas, unsubstantiated by proper research.
Believe what you want, but are you at least aware of the growing realisation about how saturated fats are actually good for us? Just like cholesterol is good for us (it's high triglycerides that are bad for us, and the best indicator as to whether our LDL is small-particled (and dangerous) or big-particled (and of no threat))
As I said before, there's much good information out there these days. All it takes is the time and effort to explore.
And an open mind.
Be well !
Geoff