Now, from a very early age, we've all been taught that saturated fat and cholesterol is really bad for our hearts.

我們從小就被灌輸飽和脂肪和膽固醇對心臟有害的思想。

So in fact, it's going to kill us, right?

所以，事實上，它會殺了我們，對嗎？

So when you eat lard, red meat, butter, it's going to clog your arteries.

是以，當你吃豬油、紅肉、黃油時，就會堵塞動脈。

But actually, what is cholesterol?

但實際上，什麼是膽固醇呢？

What's saturated fat?

什麼是飽和脂肪？

It's very confusing.

這是非常令人困惑的。

Are they the same?

它們一樣嗎？

Are they different?

它們有什麼不同嗎？

I'm going to make this so simple for you.

我會讓這一切變得非常簡單。

First, let's just cover cholesterol.

首先，我們來談談膽固醇。

What is it?

是什麼？

It's a type of fat that your liver makes.

它是肝臟製造的一種脂肪。

And the reason why your liver makes this type of fat is to make cell membranes, the stuff around your cells.

肝臟製造這種脂肪的原因是為了製造細胞膜，也就是細胞周圍的東西。

It's to help make hormones.

這是為了幫助製造荷爾蒙。

It's to help make even vitamin D.

這有助於製造均勻的維生素 D。

You can't make vitamin D without cholesterol.

沒有膽固醇就無法制造維生素 D。

So now let's tackle saturated fat.

現在，讓我們來解決飽和脂肪的問題。

Very simply, it's a type of fat that will stay solid at room temperature versus another type of fat, which is liquid at room temperature, and that's called unsaturated fat.

很簡單，它是一種在室溫下保持固態的脂肪，而另一種脂肪在室溫下呈液態，這就是所謂的不飽和脂肪。

For example, if we take coconut oil and we compare that to lard, both of them are solid at room temperature.

例如，如果我們把椰子油與豬油進行比較，它們在室溫下都是固體。

Both of them have saturated fat.

這兩種食物都含有飽和脂肪。

And interestingly enough, coconut oil has 87% saturated fat compared to lard, which only has 47%, not even 50% of it is saturated fat.

有趣的是，椰子油的飽和脂肪含量高達 87%，而豬油的飽和脂肪含量只有 47%，連 50%都不到。

Out of all the different types of saturated fat, the one that has the biggest so-called bad influence on your cholesterol is something called myristic acid.

在所有不同類型的飽和脂肪中，所謂對膽固醇影響最大的是一種叫做肉豆蔻酸的物質。

Myristic acid has been studied and found that it can increase your bad cholesterol.

研究發現，肉豆蔻酸會增加壞膽固醇。

Myristic acid by itself is very high in coconut oil, but only 2% of the saturated fat in red meat is this myristic acid.

肉豆蔻酸本身在椰子油中含量很高，但紅肉中只有 2% 的飽和脂肪是肉豆蔻酸。

So tell me what saturated fat is bad if it's in coconut oil.

那麼，請告訴我，如果椰子油中含有飽和脂肪，那麼什麼飽和脂肪是不好的？

If we have two concepts, one is that consuming cholesterol increases your cholesterol.

如果我們有兩個概念，一個是攝入膽固醇會增加膽固醇。

The truth about that is it has a very, very small impact if anything.

事實是，它的影響非常非常小。

Most of the cholesterol is made by your body and people have the confusion that cholesterol is coming in the body and creating a problem.

大部分膽固醇都是由人體制造的，而人們會產生這樣的困惑：膽固醇會進入人體並造成問題。

If we're saying that cholesterol is the worst thing to eat, then why does your body make 80%?

如果我們說膽固醇是最不應該吃的東西，那麼為什麼你的身體會製造 80% 的膽固醇呢？

Is it trying to kill you?

它想殺你嗎？

No, it's trying to help you.

不，它是想幫你。

It's trying to get you to survive.

它想讓你活下去。

If your body makes 80% of your cholesterol, it makes less.

如果人體制造 80% 的膽固醇，那麼它製造的膽固醇就會減少。

There's a little bit of a thermostat there adjusting.

那裡有一個恆溫器在調節。

If you eat more, it makes less.

如果你吃得更多，它就會做得更少。

If you eat less, it makes a little bit more.

如果你吃得少，它就會多做一點。

But if you eat sugar, that will definitely increase your cholesterol.

但如果吃糖，肯定會增加膽固醇。

If you're eating all this sugar, the average person consumes way too much.

如果你吃這麼多糖，一般人都會攝入過多。

So the motor can't handle it.

所以電機無法承受。

So it has to put it in storage.

所以，它必須把它放在倉庫裡。

So it starts to convert it as fat and cholesterol.

是以，它開始將其轉化為脂肪和膽固醇。

So again, you've been told a lie that these foods are bad.

所以，你又被告知了一個謊言，這些食物是不好的。

It's okay to consume steak, lard, butter.

吃牛排、豬油、黃油都沒問題。

There's not much of a difference between those and coconut oil.

這些和椰子油沒有太大區別。

So now that we've covered the greatest lie, let's talk about the biggest truth.

既然我們已經揭穿了最大的謊言，那就來談談最大的真相吧。

Cholesterol only becomes bad when you combine it with sugar, smoking, trans fats, seed oils.

膽固醇只有在與糖、煙、反式脂肪和種子油結合時才會變得有害。

One of the problems with these is how they're made.

其中一個問題是它們是如何製造出來的。

They go through an industrial assembly line of chemical solvents like hexane, that's in gasoline.

它們要經過化學溶劑（如汽油中的正己烷）的工業流水線。

And this is highly inflammatory oil.

這種油具有很強的發炎性。

So when you combine all these things with cholesterol, as this rusting effect starts creating holes, just like a car, is your body has to heal it.

是以，當你把所有這些東西與膽固醇結合在一起時，這種生鏽效應就會像汽車一樣開始產生漏洞，你的身體就必須治癒它。

So it's going to heal it with various things, cholesterol, calcium, protein, and that's basically your body's way of putting together a Band-Aid.

是以，它會用膽固醇、鈣、蛋白質等各種東西來癒合傷口，這基本上就是你的身體拼湊Ok繃的方式。

The problem with that is it clogs the artery.

這樣做的問題是會堵塞動脈。

So it's funny that people think that cholesterol is bad because it makes a part of your Band-Aid, but they don't consider protein bad.

是以，有趣的是，人們認為膽固醇不好，因為它是Ok繃的一部分，但他們並不認為蛋白質不好。

They don't consider calcium bad.

他們不認為鈣是壞東西。

And that's really what we should be teaching people.

這才是我們真正應該教導人們的。