Saturated fats, are they really that bad?

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robs_ready
robs_ready Posts: 1,488 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
One of the biggest question marks I've had over the period of my weight loss journey was the role of saturated fats. There seems to be an awful lot of confusion over whether it's really as bad for you as once thought.

The reason I ask is that I want to introduce a higher egg intake to my diet, for a few months as part of a bulking program.

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  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,067 Member
    Saturated fats are fine, just don't over do it. Everything in balance...
  • JoshuaMcAllister
    JoshuaMcAllister Posts: 500 Member
    J72FIT wrote: »
    Saturated fats are fine, just don't over do it. Everything in balance...

    What this guy said, bare in mind though that the fats of an egg are in the yolk. Remove the yolk and 0.2g grams of fat is all that remains in 100g serving.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Once I spotted that the level of sat fat in the blood wasn't strongly linked to sat fat in the diet I stopped thinking about it.
  • nvmomketo
    nvmomketo Posts: 12,019 Member
    Saturated fats are fine for most people. A sall minority will see their cholesterol negatively affected when saturated fats are high (in the absence of high carb) but usually they are fine unless you are eating high carb too.
  • robs_ready
    robs_ready Posts: 1,488 Member
    JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »
    J72FIT wrote: »
    Saturated fats are fine, just don't over do it. Everything in balance...

    What this guy said, bare in mind though that the fats of an egg are in the yolk. Remove the yolk and 0.2g grams of fat is all that remains in 100g serving.

    Aw hell no man, I aint taking out the most nutritionally dense part
  • WholeFoods4Lyfe
    WholeFoods4Lyfe Posts: 1,518 Member
    Everything in moderation. I am for 50% of my calories to come from fat, and yes, sometimes that includes Saturated fat. Heck, I had eggs and NY strip steak for breakfast, I'm clearly not scared of fat in my diet :) Of course, I'm Paleo, so there's that.
  • WholeFoods4Lyfe
    WholeFoods4Lyfe Posts: 1,518 Member
    JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »
    J72FIT wrote: »
    Saturated fats are fine, just don't over do it. Everything in balance...

    What this guy said, bare in mind though that the fats of an egg are in the yolk. Remove the yolk and 0.2g grams of fat is all that remains in 100g serving.

    This is not great advice. The yolk is where almost all of the nutrition is. Sure, if you want a big huge omelet maybe use just 2-3 whole eggs and then some egg whites to round it out to save some calories, but I would never ditch the yolks on the regular and miss out on that nutritional punch.
  • JoshuaMcAllister
    JoshuaMcAllister Posts: 500 Member
    robs_ready wrote: »
    JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »
    J72FIT wrote: »
    Saturated fats are fine, just don't over do it. Everything in balance...

    What this guy said, bare in mind though that the fats of an egg are in the yolk. Remove the yolk and 0.2g grams of fat is all that remains in 100g serving.

    Aw hell no man, I aint taking out the most nutritionally dense part
    michelle172415 wrote: »
    JoshuaMcAllister wrote: »
    J72FIT wrote: »
    Saturated fats are fine, just don't over do it. Everything in balance...

    What this guy said, bare in mind though that the fats of an egg are in the yolk. Remove the yolk and 0.2g grams of fat is all that remains in 100g serving.

    This is not great advice. The yolk is where almost all of the nutrition is. Sure, if you want a big huge omelet maybe use just 2-3 whole eggs and then some egg whites to round it out to save some calories, but I would never ditch the yolks on the regular and miss out on that nutritional punch.

    Sorry guys, obviously didn't put that across properly. I didn't say give up yolks altogether, I start the day with 1 whole egg and 4 egg white omelette. If I was to eat 5 whole eggs, the fat content can range anywhere from 25 to 35g to 20g of protein, one yolk equates to about 3-6g of fat to 20g of protein which i like the sound of much more. Still retaining the nutrients from the yolk, keeping it low fat and not to mention the high cholesterol level removed something we should all be watching.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    J72FIT wrote: »
    Saturated fats are fine, just don't over do it. Everything in balance...

    This ^^

    They never were "that bad". They are and always have been fine to consume in moderation. The advice was to eat less because in general (as a population) we were eating too much. It was the media that spun that into 'saturated fat is bad.'
  • Lizzy622
    Lizzy622 Posts: 3,705 Member
    J72FIT wrote: »
    Saturated fats are fine, just don't over do it. Everything in balance...

    This ^ - Unfortunately the modern diet tends to have too much saturated fat and not enough Omega 3 fatty acids. So we go around saying saturated is bad and omega 3 is good.
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