Saturated Fats Linked to Heart Damage.
New research has shown that saturated fats can directly induce cell death in heart muscle cells (cardiomyoctes). Dr. Nicolas Bousette and colleagues from the Montreal Heart Institute in Canada investigated the impact of palmitate (saturated fatty acid) and oleate (unsaturated fatty acid) on cellular fatty acid absorption, triglyceride synthesis, intracellular lipid distribution, endoplasmic reticulum stress,