I was recently listening to a podcast between Lacy Phillips and Karen Hurd on the "Expanded" podcast and Karen spoke about the dangers of saturated fat in pretty compelling way... I am including the link to the podcast and the particular point around saturated fats is brought up around 1hr 25min on the thread.
Expanded x Ep. 75: Healing Through Food with Nutritionist Karen Hurd — To Be Magnetic™ | Manifest the life you deserve for less than a dollar a day.
Karen explains how when saturated fats are consumed they are highly UN-reactive and we cannot use them so the body, in the mitochondria, uses the process of beta-oxidation to break them down and that process of oxidation is what we all agree is so damaging to our health. So my question here is whether the body cannot, in fact, use the saturated fat and breaks it down through the oxidative process or if we this is not the case and we assimilate/utilize the saturated fat in a way that is not disastrous for our health... I am very eager to know the answer here before I add another teaspoon of ghee to my coffee or take a shot of coconut oil.
Also on the topic of oxidation... the process to create low-fat milk seems to suggest that one would then be consuming oxidized cholesterol which doesn't sound good either.
https://www.lilsipper.com/the-science-behind-fat-free-dairy-and-why-whole-milk-is-better/
Any info on these two things would be most appreciated.
Thank you!!
Expanded x Ep. 75: Healing Through Food with Nutritionist Karen Hurd — To Be Magnetic™ | Manifest the life you deserve for less than a dollar a day.
Karen explains how when saturated fats are consumed they are highly UN-reactive and we cannot use them so the body, in the mitochondria, uses the process of beta-oxidation to break them down and that process of oxidation is what we all agree is so damaging to our health. So my question here is whether the body cannot, in fact, use the saturated fat and breaks it down through the oxidative process or if we this is not the case and we assimilate/utilize the saturated fat in a way that is not disastrous for our health... I am very eager to know the answer here before I add another teaspoon of ghee to my coffee or take a shot of coconut oil.
Also on the topic of oxidation... the process to create low-fat milk seems to suggest that one would then be consuming oxidized cholesterol which doesn't sound good either.
https://www.lilsipper.com/the-science-behind-fat-free-dairy-and-why-whole-milk-is-better/
Any info on these two things would be most appreciated.
Thank you!!