#030 Does Saturated Fat Cause Heart Disease?
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Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.
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🗓️ 10 February 2017
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Today we try to answer or at least explore a big question in the world of health: does saturated fat cause heart disease?
This is not an unreasonable concern given the fact that there have been several associative studies that have found a link between saturated fat and heart disease, which is, no doubt, a fat that we find abundantly in the typical American diet since it is richly found in staples like fatty beef, pork, butter, cheese, and other dairy products.
And if you're in the United States and you're not at least a little concerned about heart disease, you may be asleep at the wheel since it's currently our leading cause of death.
In this episode, you'll discover:
- 00:00:00 - Separating the effects of sugar and saturated fat in research
- 00:04:23 - Small dense LDL are the problem
- 00:07:48 - Interactions between genetics, fats, and carbohydrates
- 00:16:37 - Getting and using your genetic data
- 00:18:07 - Dangers of cutting out saturated fats
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back, found my fitness amigos. |
| 0:02.3 | Today we try to answer or at least explore a big question |
| 0:05.4 | in the world of health. |
| 0:06.6 | Does saturated fat cause heart disease? |
| 0:09.3 | This is not an unreasonable concern given the fact |
| 0:11.7 | that there have been several associative studies |
| 0:13.8 | that have found a link between saturated fat and heart disease, |
| 0:16.7 | which is no doubt a fat that is abundantly found |
| 0:19.7 | in the typical American diet since it's |
| 0:21.6 | originally found in staples like fatty beef, pork, butter, |
| 0:24.8 | cheese, and other dairy products. |
| 0:26.6 | And if you're in the United States, |
| 0:27.9 | and you're not at least a little bit concerned |
| 0:29.5 | about heart disease, you may be asleep at the will |
| 0:31.7 | since it's currently our leading cause of death. |
| 0:34.6 | As it turns out, however, the link between saturated fat |
| 0:37.2 | and heart disease, like the link between meat consumption |
| 0:39.8 | and cancer discussed in the previous episode |
| 0:41.7 | and how does meat consumption cause cancer, |
| 0:44.5 | may not be quite so straightforward. |
| 0:46.8 | In 2014, this arguably over simplistic narrative, |
| 0:50.3 | that saturated fat was the cause of heart disease. |
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