Why are saturated fats bad for my health?

Why are saturated fats bad for my health?

Susan Silberstein & Marilyn Joyce (Health and Nutrition Educator & Heath Counselor) gives expert video advice on: How do fats become nutritionally unsafe?; What foods have the most omega-3 fatty acids? and more...

Saturated fats are what we commonly find in animal products, and some plants as well. For example, we hear a lot about coconut. The fact of the matter is that it's predominantly animal foods that are high in saturated fats. They are not conducive to health, overall; they actually result in high concentrations of what we call low-density lipoproteins, which are unhealthy cholesterol, and they reduce the high density lipoproteins, which we want more of. In unsaturated fats, what we find is that we have a higher level of production of the HDLs, or high-density lipoproteins. We need those. We have a lower production of the lower-density lipoproteins with unsaturated fats, which are what we don't want so much of. Unsaturated fats cause a lower level triglycerides than saturated fats, which are also attributed to heart disease and Alzheimer's, and potentially cancer and other major degenerative illnesses.