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Does saturated fat raise your blood cholesterol?
ANSWER: Hi, Yes, it is true that saturated fat foods can raise your blood cholesterol. Indeed, the type of fat you eat is very important for your lipid profile changes. The more saturated ("bad") fatty foods you include in your diet, the more negatively they will influence your blood cholesterol, leading to high cholesterol problems. With regards to cholesterol content in food, it can have a less influence, therefore less count compared to saturated or trans-fats, which are regarded as the most dangerous. Why saturated fats are called "bad"? As our body is able to produce saturated fats according to its needs by itself, therefore, the extra we add through our diet will be accumulated in the form of LDL and HDL. For your info, the metabolisms of all the lipids in our body are related; therefore, the more saturated fat you add to your diet, the more LDL and HDL will be produced. The effect of increasing HDL is the most desired, however, when it comes along with high LDL; then, it turns to a different problem. What are some foods rich in saturated fats? They include red meat, whole-milk dairy products, some seafood, skinny poultry, some vegetable oils (coconut, palm and palm kernel oil), etc. You can adjust your diet with less of these foods high in saturated fats, and have more unsaturated ones. All the best! Dr.Alba Click here to read or post comments.
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