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No, I mean for some, a high saturated fat diet can do amazing wonders. And for others, it causes horrible issues. The studies are not well segmented genetically and by body state since that is signficantly more expensive and genetics only got cheap in the past 10 years or so, so they wash out these large sub-population dynamics.

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It's the sort of thing you can just experiment with and see for yourself.

Try eating the usual health-promoting diet high in fiber and low in saturated fats from animal sources, mostly whole foods, lots of fruits and veggies and legumes and whole grains, lean meats, etc.

After a few months, check your blood work.

Then reintroduce fattier cuts of meat into your diet and see what your numbers do after a few months.

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