[jjohn]

Didn't mean to highjack!! Just an interesting read there.

[beallio]

Originally Posted by jjohn

Didn't mean to highjack!! Just an interesting read there.

Don't think it's highjacking when it's related content

[Botch]

This is a great thread! About 33% of my daily fat intake comes from good old anabolic saturated fats. And if you're on a low carb diet and your body uses fat as its main fuel source you will probably see improved lipids on a diet high in saturated fat, contrary to popular belief. I think I already saw this mentioned but saturated fat is a cholesterol that is very close to the structure of testosterone, and when large amounts are eaten it is highly available for your body to make testosterone with. On top of that, I just feel damn good and energized after eating steaks, ground beef, eggs, or a shake/coffee loaded with heavy whipping cream.

[Al Shades]

Originally Posted by saludable24

I've never really known what the sat-fats do for us is all. I've read all about the Omega EFA's, but sat fat is in the daily human nutritional requirements too AFIAK. I just don't know why. And if you have 10 pages I'll read 10 pages

I'll get you some stuff to read, hold on.

[saludable24]

Originally Posted by Al Shades

I'll get you some stuff to read, hold on.

Sweet! This is why I love this forum, so many knowlegable people who are willing to share without looking down on other who don't know.

[Botch]

This is a very interesting read that I found posted by DH on another forum:

A little something I found lurking in my documents. From Dr. Steven Joyal:
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"So what about saturated fats ? How does myristic, palmitic, or stearic acid affect lipid metabolism ? Are all saturated fats bad for us or increase total cholesterol and/or LDL levels?

Well, there's evidence to suggest that stearic acid is neutral compared to both myristic and palmitic acid in terms of elevating cholesterol; e.g., serum total, esterified and LDL cholesterol were all significantly lower depending on which of these fatty acids are ingested. There are a number of interesting studies in the literature that support this data. One such study supplemented subjects' diets with synthetic forms of different saturated fatty acids to determine the effects on serum cholesterol (Snook JT; Park S; Williams G; Tsai Y-H; Lee N. Effect of synthetic triglycerides of myristic, palmitic, and stearic acid on serum lipoprotein metabolism. Eur J Clin Nutr 1999 Aug;53(8):597-605)

In fact, stearic acid is poorly incorporated into VLDL as compared to palmitic or myristic acid(s), and is even poorly incorporated as compared to oleic acid ! (Pai T; Yeh YY.
Stearic acid modifies very low density lipoprotein lipid composition and particle size differently from shorter-chain saturated fatty acids in cultured rat hepatocytes. Lipids 1997 Feb;32(2))

The bottom line : the major cholesterol-raising saturated fatty acid in the diet is palmitic acid, and, in fact, there is evidence to suggest that stearic acid is quickly converted into a mono-unsaturated fatty acid in vivo, and thus, the real culprit in terms of saturated fatty acids and their respective negative effects on cholesterol are due to
palmitic acid, and not stearic acid.(Grundy SM, Denke MA. Dietary influences on serum lipids and lipoproteins. J Lipid Res 1990 Jul;31(7):1149-72)

[Editors Note: Guess which fat the body produces from excess carbohydrates? If you guessed palmitate, you go to the head of the class! The reason why the high carb low fat studies above found negative blood lipid changes from higher carb intakes as opposed to lower carb moderate fat intakes?]

In addition, the media has blitzed the public at large about the "evils" of saturated fats in the diet . However, there is epidemiological evidence to support that if saturated fats were significantly reduced from the diet (8-10% saturated fat diet), this change would only increase life expectancy by several months! (Grover SA, et al. Life expectancy following dietary modification or smoking cessation. Estimating the benefits of a prudent lifestyle. Arch Intern Med. 1994 Aug 8;154(15):1697-704). Considering how vilified the
media and other groups have made saturated fats over the past few decades, this is not very impressive to say the least.

So, what does it all mean ?

Don't fall for the hype from the mega-carb gurus who view all fats as an evil enemy sure to ruin your health. It is simply not true and is far more complex than the high carb low fat gurus want us to believe."

[bassgirl]

Originally Posted by Distilled Water

Reading that makes me feel a little better about doing CKD/TKD with X-factor in the future....pass me the virgin coconut oil please

I have just been reading about VCO. Where do y'all get yours and do you get a good price?

[Leggo my Ego]

Any good health food store or Whole Foods / Trader Joe's / Sprouts will have extra virgin coconut oil It's like $8-10 for like 12 oz

[jjohn]

I get it at Loblaws

[bassgirl]

Originally Posted by jjohn

I get it at Loblaws

Actually I read that there is no such thing as Extra virgin coconut oil. Its kind of like real life, its either virgin or its not. Lol. Its because Coconut oil doesnt have the additional filtering processes that olive oil has.

[jjohn]

Originally Posted by bassgirl

Actually I read that there is no such thing as Extra virgin coconut oil. Its kind of like real life, its either virgin or its not. Lol. Its because Coconut oil doesnt have the additional filtering processes that olive oil has.

Strong possibility! I'll have to check it out. Probably marketing technique..

[sreeja]

Saturated fats great benefit is to reduce the cholesterol .I don't know that it can increase our immunity power .Thanks a lot.