On Friday, February 8, 2013 7:51:47 PM UTC-6, John J wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Feb 2013 11:29:16 -0500, "Steve Freides" >
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> >John J wrote:
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> >> Because saturated fat's bad for you.
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> >John, a very simple rule to follow - man-made fats aren't good for you.
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> >Naturally occurring fats are fine. It doesn't have to be more
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> >complicated than The typical man-made fats are "hydrogenated." These
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> >are the fats to stay away from.
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> >The idea that dietary fat and cholesterol from natural sources are bad
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> >for you is simply not true. You don't need to concern yourself with the
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> >kind of fat found in nuts.
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> But how about this then:
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> "Adopt a diet low in salt, saturated and transfats and high in
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> unsaturated fats (fish, avocado, etc.) like the Mediterranean Diet."
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> This is a recommendation for reducing the risk of heart disease, from
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> the US Heart Foundation (and probably all the other countries' heart
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> foundations).
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> (http://www.theheartfoundation.org/he...ing-your-risk/)
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> They distinguish between saturated and unsaturated. Are they wrong?
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Yes, they are, and Steve gets it more than halfway. He just doesn't
acknowledge that certain natural saturated fatty acids *are* bad. The
18 carbon, fully saturated, stearic acid is healthful, and the reason
that they make the saturated/unsaturated distinction is because they
assume that folks can't make those distinctions. However much you dislike
me, you really ought to take what I write about fatty acids into advisement.
I'm not asking you to believe me, but to delve deeper into the subject.

My disagreement with Steve is over the 16 and 14, and to a somewhat lesser extent, the 12 carbon fatty acids. We do not disagree about other fats, and
I certainly do not want him to die. I regularly consume a food high in
palmitic and myristic acids, butter fat, mostly in the form of half&half
in my coffee, but I get so much pleasure from it that I accept the risk.
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> John

--Bryan