Saturated Fat – What It is and Why It Should Be Avoided

In the never ending effort to eat a healthy diet and protect a normal cholesterol level, both dietary and nutritional professionals repeatedly urge us to severely limit our use of saturated fat. All well and good but why should we avoid it and what, exactly, is saturated fat and why is it bad for us?

The scientific definition is a fat that has only saturated fatty acid radicals in its triglycerides.

That doesn’t help a lot does it? The important thing to know about fat is that it is a naturally occurring substance in most tissue and it has varying amounts of both saturated and unsaturated fats. As a natural substance, fat is essential to good health. But you should limit the amount of saturated fats in your diet.

Foods that have high amounts of saturated fats include:

• Dairy products (cream, cheese, and butter especially)

• Coconut oil

• Chocolate (Oh No!)

• Lard

• Fatty meat

The health risks of getting large amounts in your diet include both a higher than normal cholesterol level and coronary heart disease. There is also evidence that risks for certain cancers such as breast cancer, prostate cancer and small intestine cancer are associated with saturated fats.

Given the very unpleasant diseases associated with diets high in saturated fats, it is very important to limit your intake as much as possible. In fact, there is no lower “safe” limit yet identified. This means that any amount elevates your risk somewhat and a diet high in saturated fats raises your risk a lot.

To cut this risk as much as possible, replace saturated fats with other choices such as olive oil and canola oil which have much higher levels of unsaturated fats and, in turn, are much better for you.

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