32: I Tried to Eat 6% of My Diet From Saturated Fat for a Week and This Is What Happened Part 1

I failed before lunch on day one. And I did not eat a single thing on the American Heart Association's high-saturated-fat restricted list.This is Part 1 of a two-part series sitting in the Fuel pillar of the Perimenopause Matrix. Fuel is about how your body uses energy, and for a lot of women in perimenopause, the lipid picture is one of the first places the Fuel pillar starts to signal.In this episode I walk through why the 6% saturated fat target is harder to hit than anyone tells you, where that number actually came from, and why almost all of the research behind it was conducted in men. I break down the AHA's own math using their own recommended foods, look at the two key trials that came closest to the target, and share the data on who was actually in the foundational research behind these guidelines.👉 Full Episode Show NotesWhat you will learn:The difference between LDL-c and ApoB, in plain language, and why it matters for the 20% of women where they divergeWhy the 2013 AHA guidelines acknowledge in their own rationale that the studies behind the 6% target did not isolate saturated fat as a variableHow olive oil and walnuts can blow your daily budget before your first meal is finishedWhat the RISSCI-1 and GET-READI trials actually showed, including the findings that rarely get citedWhy the Women's Health Initiative, the largest dietary trial ever conducted in postmenopausal women, moved LDL by 3.55 points over 8 years with no significant cardiovascular effectThis is Part 1 of a two-part series. Part 2 drops next week with the full data comparison and my personal experiment results.🧬 Ready to stop guessing?I help women interpret their labs so they can make nutrition decisions based on data, not diet trends.👉 Book your personalized Lab Review here🎁 FREE RESOURCE: Download the free Perimenopause Decoder . It helps you understand what's happening during perimenopause so you can make decisions from a place of clarity, not chaos.📱 CONNECT WITH ME:Website ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠Facebook ⁠YoutubeYou're not crazy. You're not broken. You're not alone. And you absolutely deserve to feel like yourself again.Listen to Mornings with Megan Podcast 🎧 New episodes drop every Wednesday!AppleSpotifyAmazonYoutube