Re: Health benefits of saturated fats

On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:43:15 +1000, "hemyd"
<myd!!!hen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Speaking as someone who is the "classic layman" - one who although has
obtained a lot of good information here which has influenced my diabetes;
but one who has decided not to dedicate the rest of my life to managing it
and has not researched it in the depth of some others, I'd like to chip in.

I have respected your writings for the many years you've been posting,
Quentin; I also tend to read Susan's comments above those of many other
posters - except for the odd vitriolic one.

I do believe in low carbs. Suffice to say, though, that I am not about to
try a high saturated fat diet, no matter how convincing the figures are.

Henry Mydlarz.

Thanks Henry,

I'll approach any changes cautiously. I do restrict my carb intake
though not to the point of being ketone producing. For many, many
years I remained undecided about the issue of saturated fats.

Were they as bad as claimed?
Not sure we really have that solved at the moment.

My position has been that there is benefit in replacing SOME of them
with alpha linolenic acid, ALA, the 18 carbon omega-3 fat commonly
found in things like flaxseed oil, canola etc. I've used a particular
form of extra virgin olive oil ie those with peppery aftertaste
indicative of the most powerful anti-inflammatory known called
hydroxytyrosol. By choosing to use olive oil I'm also deciding to
have 15% saturated fat, most palmitic acid. By choosing to cook stir
fries with rice bran oil I'm accepting 22% saturated fats.

One can't get hydroxytyrosol from any cheese that I'm aware of.
Of course there might be other compounds present in cheese that
provide similar benefits. The cheese found in Switzerland is supposed
to contain some ALA thanks to the grazing practices there. It would
seem only dairy products (and coconut) contain more than 50% of their
fats as saturated fats.

IMHO the key is likely to be distinguishing what constitutes quality.
And adhering to selecting quality whatever the cost.

Thanks for sharing your decisions with me.

Best wishes,
--
Quentin Grady ^ ^ /
New Zealand, >#,#< [
/ \ /\
"... and the blind dog was leading."

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/quentin
.

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