Eat Fat, Get Thin

dietary saturated fats don’t raise blood saturated fats. It is carbs and sugar (and excess protein) that cause your liver to produce the saturated fats found in your blood

odd-number-chain fats generally are good for you, while even-number-chain fats may carry some risk

A saturated fat has zero double bonds (thus it is “saturated” with hydrogen), a monounsaturated fatty acid has one double bond, and a polyunsaturated fatty acid has more than one double bond. Trans fats are funny-shaped fats, not normally found as part of human biology; the double bonds are on the opposite side of the fat chain