Ditching Bad Fats For Plant-based Protein Might Be An Unhealthy Choice, Especially If You Are Over 50
Instead of dumping the beef for beans have them both
Whereas diets inordinately high in any component, including saturated fat, are likely to be deleterious, finite quantities of a variety of saturated fatty acids may provide distinct benefits to various metabolic processes and overall health — Saturated Fat and Health: Recent Advances in Research
Official dietary advice is a mixture of science, fads, vested interests, tradition, public relations, and sometimes even common sense. Eggs were officially bad, as was dietary cholesterol — now they are our friends. Fats were bad, until we discovered that there are “good fats” and “bad fats”, and now only bad fat is bad.
Or is it?
Today, almost all current dietary advice says to avoid food with high levels of saturated fats. The website of the Dieticians Association of Australia is typical — “ Saturated fats are often called ‘bad fats’ — they are not considered essential for good health …”.
No one would argue with recommendations to reduce the consumption of high saturated-fat-foods such as fatty snack foods, deep-fried takeaways, cakes, biscuits, pastries and pies. These foods have low nutrient…
