Saturated fats and blood lipid profile

If you take into account the size of the LDL particles, you see that saturated fat doesn't actually harm the blood lipid profile... it improves it! Studies show that:

• Saturated fats shift the LDL cholesterol from small, dense LDL to large LDL - which should lower the risk of heart disease (36, 37, 38).
• Saturated fats raise HDL, which should also lower the risk (39, 40, 41, 42).

The small, dense LDL particles are much more likely to become oxidized and lodged in the arteries (43, 44, 45).

If saturated fats reduce the small, dense LDL particles and raise HDL, then they should decrease the risk of heart disease, not the other way around.

BOTTOM LINE:Saturated fats shift the LDL particles from small, dense to Large and raise HDL. If anything, this should decrease the risk of heart disease.

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