Elizabeth Miller wrote:

>I don't understand why Rosedale's so concerned with palmitic particularly.
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>

I think it's because palmitic acid is more implicated in insulin
resistance than other saturated fats, for some unknown reason.  He seems
to believe that under normal conditions we can easily process the
palmitic acid in the animal fats we eat, but during weight loss we are
simultaneously releasing a lot of stored palmitic acid from adipocytes,
the net result of which is more of the stuff than we normally have to
deal with.  As you pointed out, some palmitic acid gets conveted to
oleic acid, a MUFA.  I think the idea is that by eating lots of palmitic
acid at the same time that we are releasing it from adipocytes, we are
overwhelming that conversion mechanism.  In short, if we are overweight
we are already overstocked with palmitic acid; we don't need more.  This
is what I get from his writings, anyway.

Todd Moody
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