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Re:Breakfast cereal is in long-term decline by lotsofpulp on Sunday September 17, 2023 @05:03AM (#37542990)
Saturated fats are still further in the bad column.
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Re:Breakfast cereal is in long-term decline by amanaplanacanal on Sunday September 17, 2023 @07:30AM (#37543890)
Nah. Latest research has given them a reprieve. It was a bad rap.
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Re:Breakfast cereal is in long-term decline by tpush on Sunday September 17, 2023 @07:55AM (#37544085)
No, this is not true at all.
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Re:Breakfast cereal is in long-term decline by hombre_fatal on Sunday September 17, 2023 @09:14AM (#37544735)
People fall for it because it’s so seductive.

They were fine with trans fats being bad, but when saturated fats are also demonstrated to impact health outcomes by the exact same methodology, they resist it because it condemns their favorite foods.

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Re:Breakfast cereal is in long-term decline by shkkmo on Sunday September 17, 2023 @09:36AM (#37544922)
The current state of research does not provide strong evidence for a link between saturated fats and cardiovascular disease: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20071648/

It seems the health benefits are contingent on what you replace saturated fat calories with (i.e. replacing saturated fats with polyunsaturated fats does seem to reduce heart disease, but replacing them with processed carbs does the opposite.)

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