What You Need to Know about Dietary Fats | Dr Michelle McMacken

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Simon Hill

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 9 June 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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In Episode #132, Dr Michelle McMacken walks us through the most important things we need to know about dietary fats and promoting good health. Listen to find out about the different types of fat, which types we should minimise, which types are health promoting, and what this looks like for the food choices we make day to day. For more from Michelle McMacken, see Episodes #2 and #37. For more insights and reflections, visit The Proof website for the full show notes. Enjoy, friends. Simon Want to support the show? The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. Simon Hill, Msc, Bsc (Hons) Creator of theproof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill Author of The Proof is in the Plants Watch the episodes on YouTube, or Listen on Apple/Spotify Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Download my complimentary two week meal plan and high protein plant performance recipe book

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0:00.0	It's quite clear that saturated fat raises our blood cholesterol levels.
0:06.0	The low density lipocrotein are LDL, which is the most unhealthy form of cholesterol that runs in our bloodstream.
0:12.5	There's a very direct linear correlation there.
0:15.3	There's a vast amount of evidence that the higher your LDL level, the higher your risk of cardiovascular disease.
0:21.5	It's almost impossible at this point to refute that.
0:24.1	We want to have as low an LDL as possible, essentially.
0:27.1	So saturated fat is probably the number one driver of an elevated LDL or other things too, but saturated fat is a huge driver.
0:33.1	So you want to get that down.
0:34.6	Fattrated fat is actually also very pro-inflammatory.
0:37.1	It causes inflammation at the cellular level.
0:39.6	That's Dr. Michelle MacMacken.
0:42.1	And this is episode 132 of the Prove Podcast.
0:59.6	Hi friends, welcome back.
1:01.1	Hope your week is going well.
1:03.6	And for all the first time out there, thank you so much for joining us.
1:07.6	Simon Hill here, your show host, author, nutritionist and physiotherapist.
1:13.1	Today we are back together for another Wednesday Wisdoms episode.
1:18.6	This time it's Dr. Michelle MacMacken, a board certified internal medicine physician from New York,
1:25.6	walking us through the ins and outs of different types of fat in our diet.
1:31.6	You'll hear Michelle talking about saturated fats, trans fats and unsaturated fats,
1:37.6	the important things we need to know about each and how they then impact our food choices.
1:43.6	You'll also hear Michelle talk about the compared to what principle,
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