Don’t believe the backlash. Saturated fats are actually bad for you.

Comment on this storyComment Let’s tackle saturated fat, shall we? It’s something people argue about on social media and (mostly) heartily disagree in the scientific literature. I could write a persuasive piece, chock-full of experts and evidence, that goes down both sides: Is sat fat harmful or is sat fat benign or even beneficial. But digging a little deeper, the story becomes clearer. Clearer, actually, than most nutritional issues. And that story is that sitting fat is bad. Will Diet Drugs Defeat Diet Quacks? I hope so. For a long…

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