Hi Zoeyjun:

According to Dr. S., saturated fats are not bad for you. They are required for bodily repair and function, but if you have a badly damaged metabolism, you cannot burn saturated fats for energy or use them to rebuild biochemicals. They can then keep your blood sugars higher.

If you have a degenerative disease of aging, are not following an exercise routine, are eating too many carbs from carb/sugar addiction or you are under a tremendous amount of stress or have severely burned out adrenal glands, you should follow a lower saturated-fat diet. But you must replace your fat with monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, with a 1:3 ratio of Omega 3:6.

The extent to which you lower sat fat is dependant on how you respond to the eating program. There are no guidelines except monitoring your chol/trig levels, blood-sugar readings, blood-pressure and/or fat-weight changes.

HTH,
Wanda