Healthy Saturated Fats
and The Benefits of Saturated Fats
Healthy saturated fats can be found in healthy butter such as raw grass-fed cow butter and coconut oil. Find out how saturated fats can help you to function optimally.The benefits of saturated fats are numerous, but it is important to note that you want to be careful on what saturated fats you decide to put into your body. Healthy butter such as raw grass-fed cow butter contains a miraculous substance that has the ability to prevent tooth decay and calcification.
The Benefits of Saturated Fats
- Your lungs can't work properly without an adequate supply of saturated fats
- Omega 3's need saturated fats to be used properly in your body
- Your kidneys function better with a saturated fat called myristic acid also found in coconuts
- Hormones affect thousands of your bodily functions and require a certain amount of saturated fat to do their jobs
- Inflammation can be controlled with an adequate supply of saturated fats
- Your cells communicate better when your diet has this fat and your cell membranes should be made of about 50% saturated fat
- Saturated fats protect your liver from toxins like alcohol
- Calcium requires a certain percentage of saturated fat in order to be incorporated into your bones
- Your brain is mainly composed of fat and saturated fats play an important role
Healthy Saturated Fats
Coconut oil fat is about 92% saturated and the rest is mainly monounsaturated fat.Most of coconut's saturated fat is in the form of Medium Chained Triglycerides or MCTs MCTs or Medium Chained Fatty Acids are a lot easier on your digestive system and your body. These MCTs are used for energy instead of being stored away as extra fat. One of the most impressive fatty acids found in coconuts are called Lauric Acid which is also found in mother's milk. Your body will then convert Lauric acid into monolaurin. Monolaurin is very important for strengthening your immune system and fighting off pathogens.
Coconut Oil Fat
comes in a few different forms or types. Learn about some of the more interesting types of coconut oil, so you can best decide on the perfect one for your needs.
Healthy Butter
Raw Grass-Fed Cow Butter
Raw grass-fed cow butter that comes from cows that eat only green grass contain a substance called the X-factor, Activator X, or according to some Vitamin K2.Other healthy saturated fats that contain this substance are raw grass-fed milk, raw organ meats, and fish eggs. Dr. Weston Price made this discovery years ago and he also discovered that cow butter with the X-factor especially when combined with cod liver oil was able to treat tooth decay, arthritis and osteoporosis. He also developed a butter oil with the X-factor and found that butter from the Spring and Fall to be more potent. This substance helps you to better assimilate important body building minerals, Vitamin A, Vitamin D, and helps to prevent calcification. Another substance found in raw cow butter is the Anti-Stiffness factor discovered by Rosalind Wulzen. This substance is effective against such things as hardening of the arteries and calcification of your pineal gland. Cooking and pasteurization destroys both of these important substances!
Goat Butter
Goat butter is white and is actually higher in Vitamin A than cow butter and it is high in medium chain triglycerides or MCTs.Like with coconut oil MCTs provide antimicrobial activity and have a better effect on your cholesterol. Goats have a somewhat different diet than cows and goat milk contains higher amounts of Calcium, Vitamin B6, and Selenium. Goat milk products may also be more digestible or less allergenic than cow milk products.
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