ARE SATURATED FATS HARMFUL? COMPETERE DEBUNKS FALSE MYTHS SURROUNDING HEALTHY DIETS

Answers to this question were put forward by the roundtable Saturated Fats, debunking the myth, organized by Competere which featured Francesco Visioli, Professor in Human Nutrition at the University of Padova, Dr. Kalyana Sundram, consultant for CPOPC - Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries with over 40 years of experience in the field of oils and fats properties, as well as the Founder and President of Competere, Pietro Paganini. Answers to this question were put forward by the roundtable ...

ROME, 25/03/2022 (informazione.it - comunicati stampa - agricoltura)

Answers to this question were put forward by the roundtable , organized by Competere which featured , Professor in Human Nutrition at the , Dr. , consultant for with over 40 years of experience in the field of oils and fats properties, as well as the Founder and President of Competere, .

The discussion highlighted the need to assess the . The speakers debunked the theory that includes the entire category of saturated fats as harmful to health because of their effect on LDL cholesterol concentrations, cardiovascular risk factor being the most common.

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Such evidence is deeply important thanks to a strong tension in the market of raw food materials that has led many businesses to go back to palm oil. Scientific literature has shown that there are no specific components of palm oil able that produce negative effects on health, and that it has a neutral effect on cholesterol metabolism. These findings have been further confirmed by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità and Centro di Ricerca Alimenti e Nutrizione (Food and Nutrition Research Center), which have underlined how the contribution of palm oil to the intake of saturated fatty acids is marginal and, above all, how it is conceptually wrong to give certain labels to food without the full diet context.

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