Thank you for your post. While I agree that saturated fats are not the "ultimate evil," it is true that they can raise cholesterol levels in the blood, which warrants caution. Perhaps my advice to "steer clear" was a little overstated! In any case, unsaturated fats are certainly preferable to highly saturated fatty foods, which was the point I aimed to underscore.
I have read the AHA statement re: managing triglyceride levels, which led me to defer to a health care practitioner for supplemental dosing advice. As I'm not a medical practitioner, I hesitate to advise about dosing; the warning about <3g/day was informed by a couple of different resources. While I prefer to err on the side of caution, I do appreciate the additional information.
Ultimately, the goal of this article was to encourage readers to incorporate healthy, omega-3-rich foods into their diets. Hopefully that message came across!
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Thank you for your post. While I agree that saturated fats are not the "ultimate evil," it is true that they can raise cholesterol levels in the blood, which warrants caution. Perhaps my advice to "steer clear" was a little overstated! In any case, unsaturated fats are certainly preferable to highly saturated fatty foods, which was the point I aimed to underscore.
I have read the AHA statement re: managing triglyceride levels, which led me to defer to a health care practitioner for supplemental dosing advice. As I'm not a medical practitioner, I hesitate to advise about dosing; the warning about <3g/day was informed by a couple of different resources. While I prefer to err on the side of caution, I do appreciate the additional information.
Ultimately, the goal of this article was to encourage readers to incorporate healthy, omega-3-rich foods into their diets. Hopefully that message came across!
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