Saturated fat - help please - how to measure

[NinetyPercent]

Hi. Not sure if this is the right board but I hope someone can help me. I did Michael Moseley blood sugar diet years ago and still try to eat low carb generally, and it definitely keeps me half a stone lighter. But my cholesterol and triglycerides has come back a bit high from a recent blood test so I’m now wrestling with what saturated fat - if any - I should be cutting out. I eat full fat yoghurt for breakfast and cheese for lunch. I also, I know, eat too much dark chocolate, which is mostly saturated fat but apparently the stearic acid doesn’t raise LDL cholesterol (the ‘bad’ cholesterol).

NHS guidance says women should have no more than 20g of saturated fat a day. But is that ‘good’ and ‘bad’ saturated fat? NHS seems a bit behind Michael Moseley and Zoe studies

I only have the free version of My Fitness Pal and it doesn’t distinguish between types of saturated fat. I’m erratic about logging but if I try at the moment to record what I’m eating, will MFP say I’ve reached my saturated fat limit of 20g once I’ve had my breakfast yoghurt, some cheese, some avocado, etc etc? Anyone found a good way to record or distinguish?

thank you

Take a look on YouTube and watch Zoe Harcombe talk about the origins of the saturated fat guidelines, basically there was and still is no science behind those recommendations. She goes into the studies that have been done and luckily for you, if you are female higher circulating blood cholesterol is correlated with lower all cause mortality!
I got into low carb via the Michael Mosely book too, and the science behind low carb is fascinating.

Should dietary fat guidelines have been introduced? - Dr Zoe Harcombe PhD

The channel, the PHC (Public Health Collaboration, UK) is a good source for low carb information and why and how it works and for what.

Best of luck and best wishes.

@Sajacas thank you so much, I will take a look!

When it comes to medical advice, I would pick someone who has a medical degree vs someone who has not. Harcombe is not a medical doctor .