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SoftTalkeryesterday at 9:18 PM2 repliesview on HN

Saturated fat is not the demon we've been lead to believe for the past 30-40 years. Sugar is. And there's a lot of sugar in prepared food too.


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malfistyesterday at 11:36 PM

I think you'll find scientific consensus isn't on your side here. The American Heart Association certainly doesn't agree with your assessment

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Aurornistoday at 5:14 AM

Excess sugar and excess saturated fat are both bad.

There’s been a big social media push to turn saturated fat into a good thing, but everything I actually read in the research still points to excess saturated fat being a bad idea.