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Is Saturated Fat Good or Bad For You?

When you think of saturated fat, you generally think of all that you’ve heard about it being unhealthy for you. It’s just going to give you cholesterol and increase your risk of having a heart attack, right? Is it really as simple as that though? What if I told you that the truth is not so cut and dry? Could there be good fats for you? I’ll answer these questions below.

About Saturated Fat

Before getting into whether it is good or bad for you, it is helpful to give a little background on what saturated fat is. All fats are macronutrients, which means that we consume them in great amounts and use them as energy. Each molecule of fat is comprised of one glycerol molecule as well as three fatty acids. There are three kinds of fatty acids: saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated.

The difference between these types of saturation is the number of Fdouble bonds within the molecule. There are no double bonds in a saturated fat, one double bond in monounsaturated, and two or more in polyunsaturated.

can saturated fat be good for you?

As illustrated above, a saturated fat has all of their carbon atoms fully saturated by hydrogen atoms.

Foods That Contain Saturated Fats

Let’s get past the science and get to something more familiar. What kinds of foods have these saturated fats? You can find them in fatty meats, dairy products (especially full-fat) like cream and butter, lard, coconut oil or palm oil, and chocolate, just to name a few. It is worth noting that all fats have a mix of different kinds of fatty acids.

As a general rule of thumb to know whether what you are eating is a saturated or unsaturated fat, remember this: unsaturated fats are usually liquid at room temperature (think of olive oil), while saturated fats are typically solid (meats, butter).

Are They Good or Bad?

After an endemic of heart disease in the last century, researchers began looking for the cause. They determined that it was a result of high cholesterol, and traced it back to the consumption of saturated fats.

But, the data wasn’t that reliable. There were no human tests performed, it was all hypothetical based on animal experiments and observational data. However, the word was out and taken as gospel. It became a common belief that if you want to avoid heart disease, stay away from saturated fats.

What’s important to understand, however, is that not all cholesterol is bad. It’s just a common thinking that it is. There are actually “good” “bad” kinds.  Saturated fats actually contain healthy fats, and also promote the transition of bad cholesterol to good! While they do introduce some of the bad kind, they change enough of the existing bad kind to good and can actually REDUCE the risk of heart disease, according to healthline.com.

In the end, after numerous studies that were much more thorough than those conducted in the 20th century, one thing was clear. When examining the relationship between saturated fat and heart disease, it was found that there was no correlation between the two, and the myth was busted. The general public still has the stigma of it being bad, though that is likely to change with further promotion of these new studies.

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About Shaun Hudson

Shaun Hudson loves sports, being outdoors, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. After many unsuccessful attempts to lose weight, he finally was able to drop 25 pounds and keep it off. The secret? He kept a journal of his activity, diet, and daily life. That journal changed his life, and has since evolved into this website. Read his full bio.

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