8 Shocking Benefits of Saturated Fat and Who Should Avoid It
Dr. Jockers Functional Nutrition
Dr. Jockers
4.8 • 688 Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Dr. Jockers explores the shocking truth about saturated fat—how it can actually lower inflammation, protect your cells, and even reduce your risk of stroke. You’ll learn how the right fats support hormone signaling, boost energy, and promote healthy aging.
You’ll discover the brain-enhancing power of medium-chain fats that fuel memory, mood, and cognition. These unique fats also spark mitochondrial growth and strengthen immune defenses in ways most people never expect.
But not everyone benefits the same. Dr. Jockers explains who should be cautious with saturated fat, how genetics like the APOE4 gene and sluggish bile flow come into play, and what it means for your long-term health.
In This Episode:
00:00 Introduction to Saturated Fats
03:30 Health Benefits of Saturated Fats
04:07 Understanding Oxidation and Inflammation
06:26 Saturated Fats and Brain Health
07:30 Saturated Fats and Immune System
08:31 Saturated Fats and Hormone Function
11:33 When Saturated Fats Can Be Problematic
13:18 Improving Bile Flow and Liver Health
14:56 Genetic Considerations: APOE4 Gene
16:48 Best Sources of Saturated Fats
20:07 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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| 0:00.0 | So saturated fats are a messenger molecule to help support good hormone function. So they actually |
| 0:05.8 | help signal proper hormone function. And then they also help with hormone sensitivity at the cell |
| 0:12.5 | membrane by reducing oxidative stress and providing the right structure on the cell membrane. |
| 0:18.0 | Welcome back to the podcast. Today's episode is on saturated fat. We've heard |
| 0:22.3 | saturated fat is terrible for us, but I'm going to actually go through eight incredible benefits |
| 0:27.7 | of saturated fat, but there are some individuals that do not do well with a lot of saturated |
| 0:33.8 | fat in their diet. I'm going to break that down. Who are those people? So should you be |
| 0:38.5 | consuming a lot of saturated fat or should you not? I'm going to go through that. It's a nuanced |
| 0:42.7 | discussion. There are a lot of great health benefits to saturated fat, but for certain individuals |
| 0:48.0 | based on their genetics, based on the health of their liver, their bile ducts, their gut, saturated fat may not be very good |
| 0:57.7 | and it may cause more inflammation in their system. So I'm going to break that down in detail |
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