Are Saturated Fats A Killer? Cause of Heart Disease?

Do saturated fats kill you? Most medical and health professionals strongly believed this was a "fact"! Conversely, did you know that until today this "fact" has never been proven. You may be surprised to learn how beneficial saturated fats are.

Saturated fat is comprised of various different types... the 3 most prevalent types are stearic acid, palmitic acid, and lauric acid.

Stearic acid is usually found in cocoa and animal fat at higher levels. However, research has shown that it has no negative impacts on heart disease risks. Stearic acid is broken down by your liver into monounsaturated fat called oleic acid. You probably did not know this kind of fat is usually found in healthy olive oil!

Lauric acid has shown to be beneficial by increasing your HDL good cholesterol levels notably and have some powerful immune-boosting effects. Unfortunately, most Americans diet is lacking of it. Coconut and palm oil from the tropics are the best sources of lauric acid.

Palmitic acid is one of the main components of saturated fat. It has been shown to increase HDL good cholesterol.

Even though over the years, many researchers have tried to point their finger at saturated fats, they still can't find a correlation between saturated fat and heart disease risk. So what exactly is the real cause of heart disease?

The real causes are:

1. Trans fats (artificial hydrogenated oils)

2. Excessively refined vegetable oils. (E.g. soy, corn, cottonseed oil)

3. over consumption of refined sugar

4. over consumption of refined starch (e.g. white rice, bread low fiber cereals)

5. Smoking

6. Lack of exercise

7. Stressful lifestyle