Twelve Benefits from Eating SATURATED Animal Fat
Is saturated fat healthy? In the past, the answer to this question was somewhat negative, and most doctors advised you to stay away from saturated fat. Below, we discuss the benefits of saturated fat based on current information.
Top benefits of saturated fat:
1. You can get all of your fat-soluble nutrients from saturated fat
2. Saturated fat helps support the immune system
3. Saturated fat can help support child development
4. Saturated fat helps support healthy, vibrant skin and hair
5. Saturated fat helps support the brain
6. Saturated fat helps you produce and release bile salts
7. Saturated fat supports calcium absorption
8. Saturated fat helps you feel satisfied, so you can fast longer
9. Saturated fat is needed to make hormones
10. Saturated fat helps supports your mood
11. Saturated fat helps support healthy bones
12. Saturated fat promotes a healthy gut
Ketonia dietitian expert
The dietary advice to minimize intake of saturated fatty acids (SFA) without considering specific fatty acids and food sources is not aligned with the [۱] [۲]
As such, it may distract from other more effective food-based recommendations and may also cause a reduction in the intake of nutrient-dense foods (e.g., dairy, unprocessed meat) that may help decrease not only the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), type 2 diabetes, and other non-communicable diseases, but also malnutrition, deficiency diseases, and frailty, particularly among “at-risk” groups[۳].
Furthermore, Based on several decades of experience, a focus on total SFAs has unintendedly guided governments, consumers, and industry toward foods low in SFAs but rich in refined starch and sugar that cause many major health problems. Recent studies strongly support the conclusion that the healthfulness of fats is not a simple function of their SFA content but rather a result of the various components in the food, often referred to as the "food matrix."[۴]
So all guidelines should consider the types of fatty acids and, more importantly, the diverse foods containing SFAs, which may possess harmful, neutral, or beneficial effects concerning significant health outcomes.
Ramin Taghizadeh
M.C.NO:6769
Resources
- ↑ https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(20)30351-X/fulltext Time for a New Approach to Reducing Cardiovascular Disease: Is Limitation on Saturated Fat and Meat Consumption Still Justified? ]
- ↑ Meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies evaluating the association of saturated fat with cardiovascular disease
- ↑ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109720356874 Saturated Fats and Health: A Reassessment and Proposal for Food-Based Recommendations: JACC State-of-the-Art Review]
- ↑ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30040431/#:~:text=The%20food%20matrix%20may%20be,isolation%20or%20a%20free%20state The food matrix: implications in processing, nutrition and health ]