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u/steelsnow · 2 pointsr/nutrition

This book should help you out. Very difficult read, but has just about anything fat related you can think of in it. http://www.amazon.com/Fats-That-Heal-Kill-Cholesterol/dp/0920470386/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1452623069&sr=8-3&keywords=good+fats+bad+fats

u/SyrioForel · 2 pointsr/science

>It's a myth that deep frying is unhealthy.

It isn't a myth. Frying causes food to absorb fat at quantities based on coating used. See this university study.

>Even if it was absorbed, oil in reasonable amounts is not in any way unhealthy.

"Frying with oils once will not kill us, and so seems harmless. Our body copes with toxic substances. But over 10, 20, or 30 years, our cells accumulate altered and toxic products for which they have not evolved efficient detoxifying mechanisms. The altered and toxic substances interfere with our body's life chemistry, our 'bio-chemistry'. Cells then degenerate, and these degenerative processes manifest as degenerative diseases." -- (Dr. Udo Erasmus, Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill, pg. 125,126)

>Sodium can increase your blood pressure, but it's not related to obesity in any known way.

Yes it is. Though it doesn't itself cause obesity on a chemical level, it indeed does cause behavior that leads to obesity. See "Salt Intake Is Strongly Associated With Obesity". However, to be honest, I didn't even think of this at the time I made my point. I included sodium specifically as an example of generally unhealthy food, not necessarily a source of obesity per se.

>You can take smaller meal sizes at virtually every restaurant. Standard sizes are big because that's what people want.

Yes. People want to eat a lot of food which they consider to be delicious, which leads to weight gain. Considering that I was describing why Americans become obese, I think my point on this stands.

>Also - you might want to come visit UK sometime and verify your ideas about European eating habits.

The UK has the highest obesity rates in Europe by far, approximately double that of the European average. See this chart.