Study: Doubling Saturated Fat in the Diet Does Not Increase Saturated Fat in Blood

Loopy the Squirrel

Doubling or even nearly tripling saturated fat in the diet does not drive up total levels of saturated fat in the blood, according to a controlled diet study.

However, increasing levels of carbohydrates in the diet during the study promoted a steady increase in the blood of a fatty acid linked to an elevated risk for diabetes and heart disease.

The finding “challenges the conventional wisdom that has demonized saturated fat and extends our knowledge of why dietary saturated fat doesn’t correlate with disease,” said senior author Jeff Volek, a professor of human sciences at The Ohio State University.

Nothing new this, but how long before it catches on and people stop telling ya the opposite?

Docs included.

HeadPig

Saturated fat intake has never ever been proven to be detrimental to blood cholesterol levels or heart health. Thus this is unsurprising.