The following Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Tina Lehman.

How should you balance your fat intake?

We've put to bed the misguided notion that saturated fat is out to kill you, clog your arteries,

make you fat, and disfigure your unborn children.

We've scrutinized the widely held assumption the processed seed oils rich in omega-6 linoleic

acid are the healthiest fats available, made a strong case for a

fat-based metabolism, and sung the praises of mono-unsaturated fat. Fat is back. Fats been back for a long time

now, but is that all there is to it? Should we eat all the saturated fat we can get? Should we

avoid linoleic acid at all costs? Where does

Mufa come in? Fish oil? How much of each type of fat should we be eating? How should we balance

our fat intake between the various types? What's the optimal dietary fatty acid ratio, Sisson?

Include decimals if you can. There's no single right answer.

It, sorry folks, depends on a lot of factors. Your goals, your activity levels, the rest of your diet,

your genetics, almost everything, to be honest. But there's one universal factor determining an optimal

fat balance that everyone needs to get

right.

They're mitochondria.

That's what we'll be discussing today.

Mitochondria are the power plants of ourselves, converting incoming fuel into ATP, the

universal energy currency used throughout the body.

Without ATP, we can't walk, run, think, climb, speak, or perform

any of the tens of thousands of physiological processes required to maintain life as we know it.

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