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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 3 days ago

That is a very common myth. the rise in modern heart disease is directly proportional to the rise in low fat diets and insulin resistance.

Humans are lipovores, we are fat burning machines, that is why we store the vast majority of our energy as fat. real saturated fat is healthy