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Originally Posted by joanmhe  It looks like most studies of human nutrition have major flaws. |
I'm glad more people are seeing that!
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Agree that when looking at the effect of carbs, what kind of carbs makes a huge difference. If one consumes a diet that is 50% refined grains and sugars, plus meat from animals raised on factory farms, one's health will most likely suffer. There is a huge amount of evidence to support this. Beyond that, I would like to figure out whether I should still avoid saturated fats from dairy to stave off the future dementia or heart attack based on my family history. So I found this latest study intriguing.
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It shouldn't be that hard to figure out, should it? I'm so skeptical of what passes as "research" that I basically do the opposite of what is touted as good. So that means I eat tons of saturated fat every day.
They're in foods like eggs and milk, because the fat is necessary for the body to absorb the fat-soluble vitamins (so drinking low or non-fat milk is a waste of money).
Saturated fats contain palmitoleic, myristic and lauric acids.
Myristic acid is in coconut oil and dairy fats. It is important for the immune system and helps fight tumors in a function called myristoylation.
Lauric acid has anti viral, bacterial, and protozoal properties which protects against harmful microorganisms in the digestive tract. Palmitoleic acid also has antimicrobial properties as well.
One of the best books for understanding all this is
Know Your Fats: The Complete Prier for Understanding the Nutrition of Fats, Oils, and Cholesterol by nutritionist/biochemist Dr. Mary Enig. Although it's written for the layperson, I have to warn that it is also quite technical.
I want to add that heart problems and high blood pressure run in my family, too, but so far so good (I'm in my mid-forties).