saturated fats seem to promote abdominal fat..

[Freema]

a research (2014) in the Stockholm/and Upsala university has got some rather surprizing results./conclusions :

"This is the first study on humans to show that the fat composition of food not only influences cholesterol levels in the blood and the risk of cardiovascular disease but also determines where the fat will be stored in the body. The findings have recently been published in the American journal Diabetes."
http://www.uu.se/en/media/news/article/?id=3233&typ=artikel&area=2&lang=en

what do you think of this study...is it something to take serious or not ?

of newer research on polyunsaturated fats the same university claims that : Polyunsaturated fat in adipose tissue linked to lower mortality ;

http://www.uu.se/en/media/press-releases/press-release/?id=3360&typ=pm

 

[Totto]

That is the "muffin study" so what else to expect?

It's profoundly annoying they keep mixing up fats and carbs.

 

[Freema]

That is the "muffin study" so what else to expect?

It's profoundly annoying they keep mixing up fats and carbs.

GOOD ANSWER ...thats right... but still that observation doesn´t tell why there is a difference from mixing carbs on the one hand with saturated fats and on the other mixing them with unsaturated fats..

 

[Totto]

I'd been surprised if they had gotten the same results if they had used butter instead of palm oil.

 

[Freema]

I'd been surprised if they had gotten the same results if they had used butter instead of palm oil.

yes one ot the critical points is that there are different components in the two different kinds of oils and that the difference could indeed be due to some other not mentioned or not detected component in the two different kinds of oils..