The other day I was doing research for a presentation I’m doing on butter, and lo and behold when I find a couple of articles on butter and margarine and their effects on the body. I yet have to find the actual studies proving it all, but it ties in with what my lecturer said when she quoted the study.
In short, the polyunsaturated fatty acids that has been said to be so great for our bodies have been proved to be less good, the unsaturated fatty acids are still the “good” ones and the saturated ones are now deemed as neutral. They are also making studies on whether the cholesterol is such a bad thing. If your body is healthy and fine it’s supposed to regulate the absorption of cholesterol and in that case eating food high in cholesterol is not a problem as your body will only use what it needs. Cholesterol has also been shown not to be the big villain in cardiovascular diseases. Stress, smoking, obesity and lack of exercise are all considered much worse. Of course it could be discussed whether the high amount of fat and cholesterol leads to obesity. But some claim it doesn’t, that people eat much more processed carbohydrates today which leads easier to obesity than the actual fat does. That is however a discussion for another post.
All in all, this actually supports my own personal idea, that if your body is healthy and in balance you can eat a lot of things, but your body will only absorb what it actually needs.
