[SoftTalker]

Saturated fat is not the demon we've been lead to believe for the past 30-40 years. Sugar is. And there's a lot of sugar in prepared food too.

[malfist]

I think you'll find scientific consensus isn't on your side here. The American Heart Association certainly doesn't agree with your assessment

[SoftTalker]

The American Heart Association has a huge investment in a narrative they've been pushing for 40 years.

[fogzen]

Randomized controlled trials show LDL consistently drops with lower saturated fat intake, and randomized controlled trials show LDL strongly correlated with coronary risk. It’s one of the best-established causal relationships in nutrition science.

The American Heart Association’s narrative is based in observed clinical relationship between saturated fat intake, LDL, and coronary events.

[Aurornis]

Excess sugar and excess saturated fat are both bad.

There’s been a big social media push to turn saturated fat into a good thing, but everything I actually read in the research still points to excess saturated fat being a bad idea.