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

The Proof with Simon Hill

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Is There a Risk of Cardiovascular Disease?

Most professional scientific organizations and most countries around the world recommend staying under 10% of calories from saturated fat. The American Heart Association thinks it should be a little lower, but that's maybe for people at higher risk who have high cholesterol or established heart disease at baseline. Unless you're comparing two groups where one of the saturated fat intakes is below that threshold and one is above so your contrast crosses that threshold, then you're unlikely to see a significant difference with regards to cardiovascular disease.

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