"Dietary saturated fat" refers to a type of fat found in food that comes mostly from animal sources like meat, poultry, and full-fat dairy products. It is considered unhealthy in large amounts, and can raise the cholesterol levels in our bodies, which may increase the risk of heart disease.
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Only then will the percentage of calories
from dietary saturated fats drop substantially and the enormous number of preventable cases of cardiovascular disease drop significantly.
This meta - analysis of epidemiologic studies showed there is no significant evidence for
concluding dietary saturated fat is linked to coronary heart disease or cardiovascular disease.
«My research group and I believe that the high amounts of
dietary saturated fats in the western diet promote atherosclerosis because they down - regulate the LDL receptor (a concept for which the Nobel prize in medicine was awarded in 1984).
«We show that high
dietary saturated fat content is associated with increased prostate cancer aggressiveness,» said Emma H. Allott, PhD, a research assistant professor in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.
The beginning of this very recent BMJ letter, 31 March 2017, reviewing several mega-studies, states early in their editorial: «Despite popular belief among doctors and the public, the conceptual model of
dietary saturated fat clogging a pipe is just plain wrong.»
Saturated fat, carbohydrate, and cardiovascular disease: Scientific data do not support the recommendation of
replacing dietary saturated fat with carbohydrates, which can worsen dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, obesity, and high cholesterol.
In response to a petition submitted by the American Heart Association, the FDA has amended the regulation about the relationship
between dietary saturated fat and cholesterol and the risk of coronary heart disease.
They
adjusted dietary saturated fat for total fat intake in their statistical models in order to tease apart the effects of saturated fat from total fat intake.
«This may suggest that
limiting dietary saturated fat content, which we know is important for overall health and cardiovascular disease prevention, may also have a role in prostate cancer.»
However, vegans (supplemented properly with Vit B12) still lower their risk for cardiovascular disease by not throwing
more dietary saturated fat + cholesterol onto the fire, raising LDL even further than necessary.
I believe that for the population at large, the saturated fat is worse,
as dietary saturated fat independent of dietary cholesterol will increase serum cholesterol and cause inflammation, while dietary cholesterol is inefficiently absorbed in those who already have high serum cholesterol.
A recent 2017 study has determined that
pure dietary saturated fats, especially coconut oil, can ease the suffering from inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease.
A few months ago myself and two of the most eminent cardiologists in the world, Professor Rita Redberg from the University of California, San Francisco and editor of JAMA Internal Medicine and Pascal Meier, editor of BMJ Open Heart wrote a widely publicised editorial, citing up to date evidence and explaining the biology as to why insulin resistance and inflammation, and
NOT dietary saturated fat, clogs the arteries.
Almonds have also proven more effective at balancing cholesterol than
eliminating dietary saturated fats, while providing necessary fatty acids for better overall cardiovascular health.
Large amounts of unsaturated fatty acids that are not balanced
by dietary saturated fats may result in low hormone production, cancer, autoimmune disease and many other problems.
In a small study published online in the journal JAMA Neurology, June 2013, researchers found that
dietary saturated fat cut the body's levels of the chemical apolipoprotein E, also called ApoE, which helps «chaperone» amyloid beta proteins out of the brain.
Moreover, whereas it is not known whether diet - induced increases in HDL cholesterol confer protection against CVD risk that would be inferred from epidemiologic data, this effect of
dietary saturated fat requires consideration when assessing its net effect on CVD risk.
It is time to shift the public health message in the prevention and treatment of coronary artery disease away from measuring serum lipids and
reducing dietary saturated fat.
He disputes the role of
dietary saturated fat in causation of arteriosclerosis, the role of cholesterol in promotion of heart disease, and the costly over-promotion of expensive, potentially toxic statin drugs.
Finally, although meat was not specifically discussed in detail by the AHA Advisory, at least 4 of the top 10 sources
of dietary saturated fats are meat based dishes such as chicken and bacon and the need to reduce these foods is obvious for health yet generated little reaction by the media.
Dietary saturated fats and their food sources in relation to the risk of coronary heart disease in women, in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol.
«A recent meta - analysis of prospective epidemiologic studies found no evidence that
dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease or cardiovascular disease,» said Fallon Morell
These are typically
the dietary saturated fats — like dairy fats for example.
there is no significant evidence for concluding
that dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of CHD
There is no significant evidence for concluding
that dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, or cardiovascular disease [1].
Mechanistically the candidates for harm from saturated fats seem to occur only in metabolic syndrome, and even there people with metabolic syndrome seem to do better on low - carb diets with significant amounts of
dietary saturated fat, so the feared mechanisms probably aren't that crucial.
The authors concluded, «there is no significant evidence for concluding
that dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of CHD (coronary heart disease) or CVD (cardiovascular disease).
«In summary, randomized controlled trials that lowered intake of
dietary saturated fat and replaced it with polyunsaturated vegetable oil reduced CVD by?
We do not believe that
dietary saturated fats are the sole or even main cause of atherosclerosis, but rather are a part of many dietary elements that promote heart disease».
The results of this study clearly state there is «no significant evidence for concluding
that dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of heart disease».