An open to the public study shows that human infants thrive on raw fat in breast milk. Plus that raw fat in human breast milk is 50% saturated fat. Raw Saturated Fat is good for babies, we humans evolved that way. Raw fat is good for you too. I know it’s good for me and good for my wife and my children. Come and read the abstract and the conclusion of the study: Saturated Fats: A Perspective from Lactation and Milk Composition
Abstract
For recommendations of specific targets for the
absolute amount of saturated fat intake, we need to know
what dietary intake is most appropriate? Changing agri-
cultural production and processing to lower the relative
quantities of macronutrients requires years to accomplish.
Changes can have unintended consequences on diets and
the health of subsets of the population. Hence, what are the
appropriate absolute amounts of saturated fat in our diets?
Is the scientific evidence consistent with an optimal intake
of zero? If not, is it also possible that a finite intake of
saturated fats is beneficial to overall health, at least to a
subset of the population? Conclusive evidence from pro-
spective human trials is not available, hence other sources
of information must be considered. One approach is to
examine the evolution of lactation, and the composition of
milks that developed through millennia of natural selective
pressure and natural selection processes. Mammalian
milks, including human milk, contain 50% of their total
fatty acids as saturated fatty acids. The biochemical for-
mation of a single double bond converting a saturated to a
monounsaturated fatty acid is a pathway that exists in all
eukaryotic organisms and is active within the mammary
gland. In the face of selective pressure, mammary lipid
synthesis in all mammals continues to release a significant
content of saturated fatty acids into milk. Is it possible that
evolution of the mammary gland reveals benefits to satu-
rated fatty acids that current recommendations do not
consider?
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Conclusions
The genes and biochemical processes of lactation that
produce milk fat evolved under the constant selective
pressure of nourishing mammalian infants. Lipids in milk
are a source of energy for the neonate of each species. The
composition and structures of lipids in milk provide bio-
active components that, although not identified as ‘‘essen-
tial’’ nutrients by standard definitions, none-the-less serve
important functions as structural building blocks, fuels,
transport systems, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and
antiviral agents in the intestine. These lipids include tria-
cylglycerols—which are metabolized to monoacyl- and
diacylcerides and fatty acids—and phospholipids such as
sphingomyelin. The lipids in milk are also carriers of
important fat-soluble vitamins such as vitamin E, vitamin
A and vitamin D.The absolute quantities and proportionate balance of the
various macronutrients in human diets remains the subject
of both scientific research and public health speculation.
Although unquestionably evolved to nourish infants,
detailed examinations of milk and lactation in humans and
other mammals are revealing new insights into structures
and functions of different components in the diet, including
fat. The gene set responsible for the production of lipids is
a conspicuously retained subset of the genome throughout
mammalian lactation, implying that milk is, in many
respects, a lipid delivery system [86]. Saturated fatty acids
are a significant component of all mammalian milks
examined, including human milk. Thus, whereas diets
inordinately high in any component are likely to be net
deleterious, finite quantities of saturated fatty acids may
provide distinct mechanistic benefits to various metabolic
processes. Recognizing that different humans with differ-
ent lifestyles respond differently to fat intakes and com-
positions implies that in the future, diets will be designed
for individuals not populations. In such a future, finite
intakes of specific saturated fats may actually be
recommended.
It is important we humans who are not infants like children and adults consume raw fats. Raw fats in live back fat, raw bone marrow, raw fatty animal meat.
The open study can be downloaded at http://www.springerlink.com/content/606x3q2x0n291241/fulltext.pdf
