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Clearing the confusion on saturated fat once and for all | Dr Gil Carvhalo, MD, PhD

The Proof with Simon Hill

CHAPTER

The Net Effect of Dietary Guidelines on Cardiovascular Disease

Saturated fat is one factor, but it's not as simple as looking at the saturated fat content of a food and immediately concluding that that determines the net effect by itself. For example, fish in olive oil contain a substantial amount of saturated fat. In all of oil is about 14% of the calories are coming from saturated fat. Dark chocolate is another well established exception to the rule, very high in saturated fat,. It's stearyic acid, which is an exception, saturated fatty acid doesn't raise risk.

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