Quote Originally Posted by johan
spot on. Saturated fats isnt bad. They are kind of neutral. its the trans fats that are bad.
I highly doubt if you polled 100 RD's that many would agree with this statement. I know that none of the RD's I work with regularly would ever support the consumption of Saturated Fats in any large quantity.

In the classic Seven Countries Study by Keys it was determined that for every 1% increase in total energy intake from Saturated Fatty Acids (SFA) a 2.7mg/dl increase in plasma cholesterol was reported. Therefore raising your consumption of SFA from 7% (total kcal) to 17% would yield a net increase of 27mg/dl in total plasma cholesterol.