Saturated fat is fat that consists of triglycerides containing only saturated fatty acids.

Weston A. Price's research in the 1930's showed that indigenous people who ate traditional deits including generous amounts of saturated fat from animal products had significant better health than American's and other people eating modern diets low in fat and high in processed foods. Is Saturated Fat all that bad for you then?

Nutrition standards would allow plain bottled water and 8 ounce servings of fruit juice or plain or flavored low-fat milk to be sold in elementary/middle schools. High school students could also buy diet soda or, in places like school gyms, sports drinks. And food for sale would have to be limited in saturated and trans fat with less than 35% sugar

A wonderful blog post showing what a bogus deal the Framingham study is when the authors recommend a low-fat diet. There is no data in the Framingham study showing that saturated fat does squat to us healthwise. If anything, the study shows that those who ate the most saturated fat were the healthiest.

Diabetes diets, or meal plans designed specifically with diabetics in mind, have four main aims. Maintain a healthy weight, To limit the intake of saturated fat, and increase the intake of high fibre foods. The final goal of diabetes diets is to incorporate foods with a low glycaemic index.

The recent news that the Atkins low-carb diet works well and improves health has some people scratching their heads.If Atkins means eating lots of meat, eggs and cheese, won't all that saturated fat wreck your cholesterol levels and put you on the road to heart disease?Well, no. There's no good evidence of that.