We’ve been told that saturated fat is unhealthy. It is claimed to raise cholesterol levels and give us heart attacks. However… many recent studies suggest that the true picture is more complicated than that. This article takes a detailed look at saturated fat and whether it is good or bad for your
Key Takeaways:
- Saturated fat has always been known as the “bad fat” because of its effects on the heart’s health. However, a new study claims that consuming saturated fat in the diet may be good for people.
- This challenged the long-belief that dietary fat is unhealthy for most people.
- According to EurekAlert, a new Norwegian diet intervention study (FATFUNC), conducted by researchers at the KG Jebsen Center for Diabetes Research at the University of Bergen, raises questions about the validity of a diet hypothesis that has been around for more than half a century — that dietary fat and particularly saturated fat is unhealthy for most people.
“Saturated fat has always been known as the “bad fat” because of its effects on the heart’s health.”
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