It's important to understand that trans fats and saturated fats are completely different from one another and actually have opposite effects on health. The food industry's latest trick is to imply that both are "bad" and should be avoided. This is a very dangerous deception, given that the fats in fresh meats and dairy foods are important nutritionally, they LOWER the most significant risk factors for heart disease - including BP, Lipoprotein(a) and homocysteine - they raise protective HDL, and they reduce the risk for inflammatory related disorders such as asthma and arthritis.
The only fats we truly need to be worried about are the oils made into margarine and shortening and used for deep frying. These are ADDED fats, they are not part of any natural food, and they are the only fats ever linked to any disease.
Thomas Anderson, Ph.D.
Summerland, B.C.
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