
Can butter help prevent diabetes? By comparing 55 fatty acids in blood levels of dolphins and their diets, scientists have discovered a specific dietary saturated fat, called heptadecanoic acid, that may help alleviate what’s known as ‘pre-diabetes’ in humans. This new study supports a growing body of nutritional science showing that perhaps not all dietary saturated fats are bad, and — in fact — that some may be good.img src=»http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/Rp0uDnRLkN0″ height=»1″ width=»1″ alt=»»/
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