Fed: One meal heavy in saturated fats takes toll on body

AAP General News (Australia)
08-21-2006
Fed: One meal heavy in saturated fats takes toll on body

Watch out fatty food bingers .. scientists have discovered eating just one unhealthy
meal takes its toll on the body.

Researchers at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital fed a meal of carrot cake and
milkshakes to 14 volunteers .. and studied the immediate effect.

While all the meals had the same calories .. half were made with saturated fats ..

like butter and coconut oil .. and half with healthier polyunsaturated fats .. like safflower
oil.

Checks on the volunteers who ate saturated fats showed that six hours later .. the
body was struggling to process the fats in the meal.

But the polyunsaturated meal boosted the impact of good cholesterol .. with fewer inflammatory
agents in the arteries than before the meal.

AAP RTV tam/wf/cp

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