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Originally Posted by lylemcd
No. Just no. Saturated are not equal to monounsaturated and no matter how much the paleo dudes say it, it still won't be true.
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I agree with you as far as a carb based diet goes. Saturated fat with carbs leads to prolonged elevated poly/mufa levels that result in degradation of lipids and arterial plaque. In the absence of adequate fat utilization VLDL rises.
Even as far back as 1983 a breakdown of plaque shows that a high majority of faty acid deposits are PUFA/MUFA.
http://www.jlr.org/content/24/10/1329.full.pdf
Considering saturated fat intake doubles polyunsaturated intake the fact that lipid deposits of both MUFA/PUFA combined in plaque are 8 times as abundant should raise some eyebrows.
http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g2272
Fats in the order of stability are Saturated>Monounsaturated>Polyunsaturated
The heart prefers saturated fat above the rest.
Bottom line is Saturated fats are not the monkey in the closet.
The real monkey is degradation of PUFA/MUFA, and excess carbohydrate consumption.