Cows consume them with their grass and feed, and the compounds accumulate in dairy fat.
In many developing countries, the ketogenic diet is expensive because dairy fats and meat are dearer than grain, fruit and vegetables.
People with diabetes frequently have high cholesterol and high triglycerides, and weight is often a concern, hence avoiding dairy fats is important, Kaul explains.
I usually stay away from dairy fats in cooking with vegetables, to keep their clear flavor, but here the butter adds a creaminess that also helps the cauliflower work with the wine.
Nonetheless, he has amassed an impressive array of evidence for the cancer-inhibiting ability of numerous components of dairy fat.
In 2010, scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health identified a substance in dairy fat, trans-palmitoleic acid, that may substantially reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes.
Due to its high saturated fat content, the regular consumption of clotted cream is usually thought to be bad for health, though some dairy fat in the diet is considered beneficial.
Lard consumed as a spread on bread was once very common in Europe and North America, especially those areas where dairy fats and vegetable oils were rare.
The "Keep Trim" diet has a long list of taboos: no sugar, no potatoes, no pasta, no dairy fat, no bread, no desserts.
When she does turn to saturated dairy fat it is, often if not always, with a distinctly restrained hand (half-and-half, low-fat milk and the like).