Saturated Facts: The Science of Fats
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- If you ask people to name one food related word that has the most villainous image, it will be FAT. In Tamil, the word for Fat also refers to arrogance. Everyone wants to get rid of fat around their bellies and the least loved handles are ironically called love handles.
To make things worse, science has confused the larger population for close to a century on the topic of fats. It began with some lobbying by the sugar industry to blame fats for the heart disease epidemic that struck America in the 1950s and from then on, it's never been a comfortable ride for Mr Triglyceride, a word that people look at with great trepidation in their blood test reports.
So there is a mad obsession with trying to find the PERFECT cooking oil. Internet food influencers exploit the confusion with completely unscientific claims on seed oils, ghee as superfood and palm oil.
This is a video to cut through the clutter and serve as an introduction to the wonderful world of fats, a world where they are actually essential to the human body (while obviously being bad in excess). We will explore the various terms thrown around - saturated/unsaturated, monounsaturated/polyunsaturated, Omega 3/6 and Trans fats.
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"Life is pockets of order, protected by fat in a universe of chaos" - That's the most whacky, insightful and interesting line I have heard this year
Sadly people will never go for calm and well presented knowledge. They would rather take their advice from loud and overactive instagram reels and RUclips shorts. Great video though.
Thank you!
I agree.... It is such a rare thing to see a calm and not-over edited video!
@rksb93 absolutely true. Every single time I see his videos , I think of this whatever you said.
@krishashok great videos sir. Absolutely love your content. Thank you for bringing such amazing content.❤
Too much real, useful, balanced, nuanced information. so much so that it feels like i am imbalanced.
Not true, if not normal people but other RUclipsrs can watch this and present it in there ways to their audience
Thanks for the profound information! Your videos are the only reference for us these days. Please keep making more.
Me being a plant scientist, I appreciate your facts and figures in the video. They are spot on. I couldn't find a single error. Thank you. You are doing a wonderful job. Congrats.
Thank you!
I’m a diabetic with controlled diabetes (A1C of 6.2 for years now), and I’m eager to learn anything and everything about our macronutrients. This is an excellent educational video. Mr Ashok, keep them coming!
Thank you
Lucky you. Been trying to reach that stage since a couple of years. How do you manage?
@@nan1paul I made one simple change to my diet - switched to north Karnataka cuisine (millet based rotti, roti, dosa, risotto, whatever...about 100 gm per day as I am an active retired nurse). 500 gm of seasonal veggies per day. And restricted feeding. Two main meals consisting of breakfast and late lunch. And at least two or three proteinaceous snacks - nuts, seeds, dal vada, felafal, even chips if I feel I need salt. And most importantly I constantly educate myself with the likes of Krishashok, Dr Pal and many many more podcasts. I also watch innumerable cook shows as I love cooking and eating! Thank you for asking. (My latest HbA1C two days ago was 6.1.)
@@vidyashastry6335 it's great that you are open to learning about healthy eating and are able to change your behavior. Wish more people do it!
You may want to check out Glucose Revolution by Jessica Inschaupe and Why We Eat by Dr Andrew Jenkins. Very insightful books!
This video should be a part of school curriculum... Very well explained !
Absolutely true
Agree, but on the humorous side ... if everything we feel is interesting would be in school curriculum then students will drop out more since our taste is subjective! Hence God bless IT industry and social media.
I could never understand chemical bonds and this saturated and unsaturated thing since school. Now am 40 and the bulb inside my mind just switched on. We need teachers like you in schools, colleges, everywhere!
Love all your videos
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and for the way you share it. Everything gets in so seamlessly 🙏🌼
The number of views on your channel shows that we have a long way to go in India where science becomes part of day to day conversation and not something just people learn for their work or exams
That was really informative! Please keep up the rhe good work. Looking forward for more explainers like this 😊
Your way of explaining good information is outstanding! The examples, the fun facts and visuals - you are the best science teacher!! Thanks so much for putting this valuable information together! 🙏🙏
Thank you
Thanks, your videos have become a weekend routine for me and my wife , and now would like to make part my wardrobes Collection, tshirt source please.
Haha. My wife sources t-shirts
Thanks!
Thank you!
Thanks
Thank you
I'm so glad to stumble upon your channel. Your explanation is simple and effective. Thoroughly enjoyed the video. Excellent work Ashok! 🤩
Thank you!
Love ❤❤❤ Absolutely fortunate to watch you on You Tube 😮
65 years old and Tamil…
Love you, keep doing what you’re doing.
Millions are benefiting…It’s all so relevant for one’s well being 🎉
Is he or u 65 year old
Perfectly explained everything about Fats through this much needed video. I have been confused about Fats from last two years since I started researching about food & nutrition for my good health. And internet is just to polarised on this topic, one so called fitness influencer & doctor claims something and other exactly opposite of it, but they always pick one extreme side like No Fat or High Fat Keto Diet; only Saturated Fat No Refined & Seed Oils or Vegetable Oils. I concluded that truth lies somewhere in between like everything else in the world, but never found what exactly is that in between. Through this video of yours I now know the truth with real facts. Thanks Sir.
Thank you
This is amongst the best ever advice you can get on Fat in specific, and overall food science in general..
Thank you, sir.. I am hooked to your videos now.
Thank you!
Hi Krish,
One month ago I remember putting out a request, for a video on this very exact topic, as a comment to your ‘science of flavour’ video here on RUclips.
This is speculation, but I almost want to believe that this is a response to that request of mine. I really want to thank for making this. Looking forward to the follow up on cholesterol topic as well.
Thanks again!
Thank you! Yes I do keep track of requests
All ypur videos are loaded with well-researched information
& also well presented with clarity, objectivity, politeness & scientific data in areas of controversy 👍🏻
Thank you :)
Thank you Krish for creating such well researched, easy paced, non provocative, and myth busting videos. I hope more people come across such content.
Thank you
Wow.. so well explained and so greatly summarised.
Watching your videos has helped me improve my relationship with the food I eat!
Great to hear!
Such a useful as always. Pl do one on triglycerides cholesterol and their connection to heart health 🙏
I love your explanations. Clear and precise.
Thank you!
You are so brilliant in the way you explain, so full of commonsense, so moderate and balanced in your approach, I just have to watch every one of your videos on my feed. Today I understood fats and all the tech stuff only because you made it so simple and easy. Luv watching you, listening to you.. .you have become an addiction. Thanx❤😊 ❤😊❤
Thank you!
A thoroughly researched informative video and an absolute delight to watch... The icing on the cake was the conclusion... "life is pockets of order, protected by fats, in a universe of chaos"... poetic yet true.
Thank you
Sir.. this video is a real treasure... This is what I have been looking for.
There are many myths in Indian families about cooking oil. In fact, most mother-in-law vs daughter-in-law problems are based on cooking oils and seasonings.
I have to watch this a few more times and ponder over it to make sure I did not miss any vital info. Thanks a ton for this video. It goes into my "Valuable Lessons" playlist.
We all must appreciate the efforts of this gentleman..for making such knowledgeable videos for us....Thank you sir ..for explaining the concepts in the scientific way🙏
I find your videos very well presented and informative in a way that is not overwhelming. Thanks!
Glad you like them!
wow....Great
Thank you! 🙂
Fantastic...watched your episode with Raj shamani and just can't stop watching!!! Much needed awareness. Thnx for sharing...
This so far this is the best, the most knowledgeable and the most unbiased video I have ever seen on fat.
Right now palm oil is seen as a completely unhealthy oil in India, in fact some popular influencers are campaigning against the use of palm oil in food industry without having done any research.
Trans fat of more than 2% in weight is banned in India, so much so that industrial food producers are replacing oils containing trans fat with palm oil. But ignorant people are campaigning are asking palm oil to be replaced with other oils which most likely contain trans fat.
Palm oil is used in the food industry in many developed countries due to health concerns, something that most Indians are not aware of.
Amount of information per minute in this video is off the charts. Thank you!
Thoroughly enjoyed this well researched presentation👍
Also, liked the ‘what do you mean (meen)🐟? T shirt😀
Hehe
Dr. Ashok, your presentations form an exact fit to the way I like to learn about these topics. Giant thank you. 😁
Welcome! (I’m not a doctor though)
I know. 😁
Wow there's a lot to unpack, especially when the omega-3 segment begins. But your excellent explanation and simplifying skills helps an average joe like me understand. Thanks
Thank you
Vv gd information, a big thank u, stay blessed.
Thanks u for bringing out the menace of oil free cooking....this has been giving me headeade everytime i see an instagram reel.....you are a gem sir
Hehe
Another gem from one of my most favorite channels.
thank you
Nice video as usual sir !!!
Myths busted section was nice.
As always a classic T Shirt ( Kamal Movie reference) 😂😂😂
Please keep up the good work.
Thanks 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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Thank you.
......for injecting sanity with your well researched videos.
I came back to this video for the umpteenth time. Finally, after watching Dr. Robert Lustigs - 7 Types of fat, was able to fully understand this. Thanks for making this, Ashok Garu :)
(Ashok garu) 😅
@@krishashok thanks Ashok Garu 😁🙏
This makes so sense that moderate amount is the key for healthy living. Its feel so fascinating to see all molecules structure of fats. Sir your studies is so deep and you have made it so easy to understand. Many thanks for the excellent explanation 👌👌👌
Wow.... Excellent explanation
Just pure knowledge and curated in a way that no other youtube can do. Thanks for spreading such crucial information in an interesting way.
I appreciate that!
We use peanut oil for (deep)frying since years; plenty of advantages, one of them that it is locally produced.
Thanks so much for this very valuable information
Thank you
It was an wonderful explanation,of good &bad fats using our heroes,yup it's easy to understand now,😊
Thank you!
I like the way you explain. You are always full of energy and knowledge.
Great info as always. Thank you.
Also... Indian cooking should not be done in olive oil. High temperature will turn it into transfat. Use olive oil at room temperature on salads.
As a physician I can only applaud your excellent flawless presentation.
Thank you
Love your videos Mr. Krish. Especially the ones where you call out patriarchy in the great Indian kitchen. But why isn't anyone talking about your T shirts? Please tell me your T- shirt is related to that famous movie scene by our PUFA Haasan 😂
Hehe, good you spotted the T-shirt reference. I wore it to indicate that some of the highest quality fat comes from fish
Great video, learned a lot ❤
thank you
When nutritionists say seed oil, they mostly refer to hydrogenated ones. They are unaware of cold pressed seed oil which mostly doesn't exist in western world. Cold pressed or expeller pressed are still fine as per Eric berg and Sten Ekberg
Dr berg is legend
Cold pressed vegetable oils still gets oxidised faster, but it is better than hydrolysed vegetable oils..
Dr Eric berg always recommends to use Ghee, tallow, coconut/palm oil (most saturated fats) for cooking
@@putinfromrussialol Berg is a conman
As always very informative. Love watching your videos.
Thank you
Hi bro, ICMR new guidelines says overcooking pulses can reduce protein quality, can you claify for public. As usual fantastic video about fats. Your simplicity says your level of understand 👍🏽
thank you. will do!
Loved the way you explained chemical bonds of fat . I wish I would have a chemistry teacher like you in my school days . If these have been taught in school , no one would be struggling with confusion of fats these days .
Amazing knowledge u have
Another great video explaining a complex issue in simple language
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent explaination! Thanks!!
You are welcome!
Research articles have shown that the amount of RDA for PUFAs is met by less than 1g of seed oil. And we use way more than that daily hence probably altering the omega 6 to omega 3 ratio. Also vegetable oils improperly stored also tend to get oxidized. That could be some of the reasons for bashing of vegetable oils....
Not totally unwarranted.
Whereas coconut oil needs about 9 grams to meet same RDA of PUFAs and higher in MCFAs and saturated fats.
Atleast grass fed butter, ghee have good SCFAs , MCFAs and even omega 3 as you have mentioned.
Personally would prefer coconut oil, avocado oil, olive oil, butter, ghee over other vegetable oils...
Nice video and well explained...
So whats the point of video all oil in right amount is good and excess if bad right? Or
@@COCSensai I think I would avoid the safflower and sunflower and other seed oils in general....and prefer the above mentioned for daily consumption and if at all use the others then occasionally...
@@anushreenair6241 thanks and have a good day 😊
Thanks for the informative video. Well presented as always.
My pleasure!
thanks for providing such phenomenal content asseccible so easily
Fantastic Krish!
Thank you 🙏
Great video.Mesmerised.
Thank you!
Very simple and great explanation 🙏
Glad you liked it
Brilliant video! Thank you! Am not sure about how long humans have consumed seed oils because I assumed they were only widely available after the invention of the milling process in the early 1900s. Will need to look this up. Love your videos, presentation and content!
Sesame oil has been consumed since the times of the Indus Valley. I think you mean “refined” seed oils
@@krishashok You are correct! Thank you for the amazing videos. I don't agree with everything (am more of an avoid glucose and fiber as far as possible guy), but really appreciate the clarity you bring with your explanations. People are far more likely to attempt to be healthy if they understand the basics than if they do not. Unfortunately, too many doctors propagate the same misinformation as the old timers and social media do. Channels like yours are all we have to spread accurate information on understanding our bodies.
Superb content. Thanks
My pleasure
Damn!!! Loaded with lots of information...thanks krish
Fascinating as always
I always love your video endings!!
Thank you
Just amazed how great this video is. Thanks
Thank you!
Like always, this is a Knowledge Bomb loaded with everything I always wanted to connect about fats 😊. Just one minor slip of tongue I guess at 14:07(from Unsaturated to Saturated i/o Unsaturated)😅
Pls keep making such palatable yet incredibly deep stuff 🎉
Thank you!
sir, u are doing a really very great job educating people on these topics.
Thanks a lot
Excellent video! I thought I knew enough about fats but evidently not. Thanks for this!
Brilliant as always, Kris. Thank you!
Please make a video on ICMR guidelines and their warning against use of protein powder
If i could, i would confer Padmashri to you Krish Ashok for your good work to educate us on so much important info to better our lives.
But just wanted to request you if you could make a video of the likes of us who find chemistry out of our understanding capacity, id be grateful.
Could you pl make a video which tells us straight forward the names of some good brands of oil out there in the market please. I use different oils by rotation. I couldn't understand this video fully thought i watched it thrice because of all the jargon. TIA.
Superb! All the doubts cleared! ❤😊
Thanks a lot 😊
I was always an ardent fan of your tweets and the Masala Lab book. But the video god damn it.
You are really a rockstar Krish. Thanks a lot
Thank you!
✅💚🔥Clearing all my doubts day by day… thank u sir❤
Clearly explained...Nice 🎉
Thank you 🙂
During trans fat explaination, you have said plant based oils are converted to unsaturated by the process called 'hydrogenation' . But hydrogenation makes that saturated. I am suffering from a bit of confusion with this line.
Is it ok?
By the way it was a very good study and the way you represented was superb. Thank you Sir...
Yes that’s a small mistake from my end. It should Vbe “make them saturated”
Superb 👍
Excellent explanation. Loved the analogies
Glad you liked it!
Nearly 20 minutes of captivating wisdom!!
Thank you
Thanks for the movie references in your video. Your geometry talk was getting a bit over my head, and I almost closed the tab. As always, your videos are informative and to the point. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you. It’s hard to figure out the line between accessibility and intrigue
Wow , what a explanation,I like the example 😊
Thank you
Dear Krish, amazing explanation as usual but the story is mind-blowing ❤
Thank you so much 😀
@@krishashok thanks for the reply. Amazed to see your reply. I admire you very much sir❤️
Fantastic video
Thank you!
Thanks for covering topic on reheating oil myth
welcome
Great explanation !! That's making science fun
Thank you!
As usual, this video was super insightful. Please do a video on cheese too? (processed vs natural)
He should be a global RUclipsr with millions of followers. Superb video.
Thank you!
He will be. In an year or two.
It was sooo awesome and mind blowing information. Thank you
Most welcome 😊
Could you please make a video on insulin resistance and cortisol 😢
I love your quotes after the end of your videos ❤❤
hello, awesome breakdown
how do you actually script and research about a topic?
feels like you have a degree in biochem
???
I just have an innate interest in understanding things from first principles
@@krishashokhard/smart work wins
but the research part?
do you ask any professionals?
because you make them simple yet of high quality
you can only do this if you truly understand any thing and this video was too good
Thank you for these videos!
Glad you like them!
Great great great presentation. Hats off to u.
Simply superb! As always…
Thanks again!
Thoroughly enjoyed the video.. if possible even as a "shorts" video could you include information around cold pressed and extra virgin...
Will do. There is a short video already ruclips.net/video/8rNOsjamXvQ/видео.htmlsi=aZeeNfeYrYVioMYD
@@krishashok Thank you. Really appreciate your work.