• adarza@lemmy.ca
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    11 days ago

    there’s a few treats we still use lard or tallow for but that’s pretty much it, and only once-a-year at most.

    still use real butter or bacon drippings for frying eggs, though. ain’t gonna give that up.

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      11 days ago

      There’s also vegetable oil and margarine with butter flavor btw. that is way healthier.

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        I don’t know of any long-term studies that show that margarine in the US is healthier than butter.

        Outside the US, margarine can contain trans fats, and those are far worse for you than any form of animal fat.

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          3 days ago

          Hi, thanks for your answer.

          Are you aware of a study that systematically compared margarine and butter in that regard? I searched on Google Scholar but wasn’t able to find any trustworthy bigger / international papers. Some small scale ones looking only at a handful of products in Pakistan but nothing that feels really reliable.

          In Germany someone sent 19 popular margerine, butter and hybrid brands to a laboratory in 2015 to debunk the myth of trans fatty acids in margarine. Indeed, all plant-based products scored significantly better. Butter and ghee had 4 to 10 times higher amounts of trans fatty acids.

          The author of this study (if you want to call it a study) wanted to proof exactly that. Therefore, I personally would take its outcome only with a grain of salt. But as I didn’t find any more trustworthy sources, I’d be glad to see yours.

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      11 days ago

      It’s expensive AF, but duck fat is not saturated… And omfg is it good

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          3 days ago

          Should have said not AS saturated

          Less saturated, more fat / volume and higher levels of mono and poly which is good.

          none of the fats are “unsaturated”

          In terms of saturated per TBL, it’s kind of middle of the road, lower than lard and tallow and coconut, higher than canola, vegetable, avocado or chicken fat.

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    11 days ago

    The omega 6/3 thing about seed oils mentioned in the article is real. It can be a big cause of inflammation. Plus, seed oils often have pretty toxic extraction procedures, especially for the cheap stuff.

    But tallow and animal fats aren’t the solution. Olive oil is. And I guess avocado oil if you need something more neutral and/or with a higher smoke point.

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    11 days ago

    The reason being saturated fats are linked with poor health, and unsaturated fats are linked with better health. And not just in a “rich people are healthier” way, when companies switched, everyone got healthier.

    But this guy doesn’t care. We’re really living in a post-truth world.

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      Yup. It’s well studied which is why when someone has a heart attack the recommendation is essentially eliminating all saturated and trans fat. (See the DASH diet).

      Basically, if the fat is solid at room temp, it’s unhealthy.

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            So your telling me I should be scooping out the contents that harden on top of the crock pot instead of letting them melt back into the pulled pork for flavor… Ugh. I’m lazy so I usually just want to put the pot in the fridge at night, then back on high when I get home, by the time everything else is done it’s basically back to boiling.

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              Tbf unless you eat pulled pork daily I don’t think it’ll be a problem.

              It’s like that old saying … “Everything in moderation”.

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                11 days ago

                I had to cut back on eggs. I have hens out back that I just let free roam but I hadnt been giving them away fast enough. So I hard boiled a couple dozen and was eating them throughout the day just as snacks to keep food costs low. After day twot I realized I needed to slow my intake. Just got to loop more people into my egg ring. Luckily people like free eggs right now.

                Come spring I’ll just put a thing down by the road so people can grab them when they drive by, but I do worry kids might have a field day with that lol

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                  How many was too many?
                  I’ve got birds and while they’ve slowed laying I’m still eating 3-4 eggs a day and can’t say I’ve noticed any ill effects

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            Isn’t that just a measure of the melting point of different fats? And emulsions really muddle that line.

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      11 days ago

      it could only be considered post-truth if there was ever any attempt at truth in the first place. Epidemiology makes Astrology look like legitimate peer reviewed science.

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        11 days ago

        Epidemiology is a real thing though. You can certainly track, for example, the link between smoking and lung cancer. Not everything is as clear as that, but epidemiology is quite important.