Monday, March 29, 2010

War on Fat is Making Us Sick!

Health Czars caught bare baked- one more reason we need to keep them out of our health (and diet) decisions.

Ultimately, saturated fat—named because it contains no double bonds, so all of its carbon atoms are saturated with hydrogen atoms—may be neutral for the heart. Meanwhile, some mono-unsaturated fats (which have one double-bond and are found in many nuts) and some poly-unsaturated fats (which have multiple double bonds and are found in fatty fish) could be good for the heart.

http://www.slate.com/id/2248754

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