It Starts With Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways

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out that way. It may not even come from fat in
your diet at all. This is where we get into the
myth that turns out to be true—only not in the
way you think.


Was that    confusing   enough  or  what?*

Sat-Fat Myth    #4: Saturated   fat promotes
insulin resistance and inflammation.

True.
Some forms of saturated fat (particularly
the “long chain” versions) do contribute to
insulin resistance and, by extension,
inflammation in the body, which does
increase your risk for cardiovascular disease
and stroke. Palmitic acid (PA) in particular is
the type of saturated fat most correlated with
insulin resistance and inflammation.


But the form of saturated fat that gets all
kinds of ugly in your body doesn’t come from
eating saturated fat.

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