Paul Saladino· MD
so stearic acid c18 good for decreasing visceral adiposity which we know is when you have more visceral adipose tissue you are less insulin wrist it less insulin sensitive right it's a bad thing
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so stearic acid c18 good for decreasing visceral adiposity which we know is when you have more visceral adipose tissue you are less insulin wrist it less insulin sensitive right it's a bad thing
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what's fascinating is that stearic acid an 18 carbon saturated fatty acid found in the highest concentrations in wait for it beef kidney fat also known as suet make humans insulin sensitive
i would choose tallow as the main fat because it's going to be higher in stearic acid and that is what we made into that fire starter supplement a high stearic acid oil which as we saw earlier was beneficial at the level of visceral fat which clearly controls whole body insulin sensitivity