good fats, bad fats?

It is commonly believed that unsaturated fats are good for health, especially when the essential fatty acids (EFAs) omega-6 and omega-3 are balanced out and saturated fats are limited, but not everyone agrees with this.

Research done by Ray Peat points in another direction. His research shows not only that unsaturated fats are non-essential to humans but also toxic. On the contrary, he claims that saturated fats are healthy. You can find more information at his web site: http://raypeat.com/.

There are other researchers that claims that saturated fats and cholesterol are healthy. More information is available via the web site The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics (THINCS): http://www.thincs.org/.

Future posts will go into greater detail.