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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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How Does Saturated Fat Affect Cardiovascular Disease?

The effect of saturated fat intake on cardiovascular disease is not a straight line. A lot of times people will imagine that something that might have detrimental effects at a certain dose might be just a linear effect. That does not seem to be the case for saturated fat. So it's very important to bear this in mind and make sure that we're looking at the active range of the distribution. It's only when you compare high to low or high-ish to low-ish that it crosses that critical threshold of effect, that's when you see the effect.

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