Saturated Fat effects on healthy 21 year old

jordanoye101
jordanoye101 Posts: 33 Member
edited November 25 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi - i'm 21 - and a healthy weight and lightly active. I have always eaten a diet fairly low in saturated fat, no real reason just a result of what I liked to eat. Recently I have enjoyed cooking with cheese, pestos, cream etc... and making Pasta dishes incorporating them.

I am just a little curious about if this change in diet will have any side effects as I have always looked after myself in terms of calorie intake and avoiding processed hydrogenated foods but now I consume allot more saturated fats than I used too.

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  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    Get your cholesterol checked now and in one year. Report back to us your findings. For the love of science!
  • JMcGee2018
    JMcGee2018 Posts: 275 Member
    Depends on the source of the saturated fat and how your body deals with it. I agree with above poster that tracking your cholesterol is the best way to answer this question, because every body is different.
  • anubis609
    anubis609 Posts: 3,966 Member
    Cholesterol is pretty dynamic in the fact you can manipulate lab values within a few days. The source of saturated fat and the macro composition can have an effect on lab values. In general, high carbs + high fat ratios tend to increase LDL and triglyceride readings, which would increase total cholesterol if that's a concern, at least in my own tracking for my patterns.

    But in the name of data collection and curiosity, it doesn't hurt to get a baseline reading now and see what dietary changes you can make to change certain values up or down as soon as 3-5 days.
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