Avoid This Dietary Fat Because It Destroys Cognitive Function - saturated fat

Well, there seems to be other research out there that doesn't point directly to cognition but other health measures that saturated fat is not bad for you. If your doctors were any good at all they would have all the hospital nutritionists get together and create a stroke diet protocol.  There are two variables here; saturated fat and fish oil; bad research because you don't know which one caused the effect. Is it that fish oil is so good for you? Or that saturated fat is that bad? You can't tell from this research anything at all. You should never have more than one variable in research.

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But the negative one here:

 Avoid This Dietary Fat Because It Destroys Cognitive Function

Some fats have an amazing negative effect on cognitive function and, potentially, eating habits.

Diets high in saturated fats can slow brain function, new research finds.

Saturated fats have a direct effect on the hypothalamus, an area of the brain which is critical for regulating hunger.
Eating saturated fats could, therefore, make it difficult to control your eating habits.
They can make it difficult to control how much you eat, the types of foods you choose to consume and when to stop eating.
Saturated fats are typically found in:

• lard,
• butter,
• or fried food.

Unsaturated fats are typically found in:

• fish,
• avocado,
• or olive oil.

Professors Marianna Crispino and Maria Pina Mollica, two of the study’s authors, said:

“These days, great attention is dedicated to the influence of the diet on people’s wellbeing. Although the effects of high fat diet on metabolism have been widely studied, little is known about the effects on the brain.”

The study on rats compared the effects of feeding them fish oils or a lardy diet over a period of six weeks.
Professors Crispino and Mollica said:

“The difference was very clear and we were amazed to establish the impact of a fatty diet onto the brain.
Our results suggest that being more aware about the type of fat consumed with the diet may reduce the risk of obesity and prevent several metabolic diseases.”

The study was published in the journal Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (Viggiano et al., 2016).