When I was browsing YouTube there are arguments for and against Polyunsaturated fats and Saturated fats. What is the right fat to use for food?
There are many opinions, obviously, but I think it’s due to the fact of where the money is coming from for research. People that have or want to make money, pay for research. I’m not saying it’s always wrong, but since researchers want to keep getting paid and facts are easily misrepresented, I do distrust them accordingly.Personally, I like to stick to things I can buy from small farms or make if I owned one. Depending on geographics, olive oils, you bet. Fats rendered or produced from animals, easy.
It seems to me that everything we could do for ourselves is demonized in some way, and things things that require industrialization are praised until proven undeniably bad. I’m not saying all industrialization is bad, but industry tries to convince us that everything we do without them is inferior because they want to make money.
Saturation means the bonds between atoms are strong and are not so flexible to move. So they are solids or mostly semi solid in nature. They have triple bonds in this case. But unsaturated means one or more bonds are not strong and are usually a double (poly) or single (mono) bonded. They are more flexible and liquid in nature.
Now coming to blood vessels, usually the life of endothelial cells is inversely proportional to the amount of solid based molecules due to various immunity related issues. For example, if these solids go inside any compromised or deceased endothelial cells (all endothelial cells die and reform at some stage), they form plaques which may lead to clots. But liquid nature of mono or poly fats, have less tendency to do this.
So you can remember like this - Saturated (solids and strong bonded molecules) are not good to have high in number in blood.
Trans fats are the bad ones. Saturated fat is bad if it’s from like processed food/ processed meats. If it’s from like grass fed ground beef, it’s not bad. It gets confusing
Edit: diets with processed meats/ refined oils lead to inflammation in the body and they are also linked to heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, etc
Ok imho, and from what i have read it is very simple and this works for me and my family:
your body needs them all. i agree with most here that processed foods are bad but unless you are chugging corn oil, you’re unlikely to see adverse events. i prefer cold-pressed olive oil, avocado, local dairy, and whole nuts/nut butters for myself but i also cook with corn or peanut oil when making a stir fry. be mindful of how you feel when you eat and avoid fatty foods that make you feel bad. fit diet into the context of a healthy lifestyle (i.e. fruit & veg, exercise, hydration, sleep, stress-relief) and you will probably live a relatively healthy life.
This video helped me a lot with understanding which oils & fats to use. I switched to organic ghee now for whenever I pan-fry anything (using very small amounts) on low to med heat. If I am having something cold, then I’ll use avocado oil or organic EVOO to drizzle on my salads, etc. I don’t heat up my oils anymore and just try to ingest them cold as part of the different Mediterranean dishes we like to make.
When it comes to saturate and unsaturated fat, there is not really an ongoing debate within the nutritional science community. The weight of the science unequivocally says, for now at least, that saturated fat should be reduced and unsaturated fats should be prioritized.