Category: saturated fats

• Popular diets and sources of toxic chemicals 

  There are many popular diets out there and, other than the Standard American Diet (SAD), each have strengths and weaknesses with respect to the potential presence of toxic chemicals in recommended foods. In this post, I’ll discuss which aspects of those diets are best and which expose you to foods that are more vulnerable to…

  laurelstandley

  February 9, 2026

  bioaccumulation, clean eating, food and beverages, organic, pesticides, plant-based, plastic, reducing exposure, saturated fats, toxic chemicals

  Blue Zones, diet, environment, exposure, food, health, mediterranean diet, toxins, vegan, vegetarian

• Saturated animal fats as dietary sources of toxic chemicals

  Advice recommending the consumption of saturated fat, including from beef tallow, has been in the news lately.1,2 I won’t go into the health issues associated with eating this, as I’m not a medical doctor. My concern focuses more on beef and other animal fats as delivery devices for fat-soluble, toxic chemicals like dioxins, organochlorine pesticides, and…

  laurelstandley

  November 20, 2025

  bioaccumulation, clean eating, conventional farming, organic, plant-based, reducing exposure, saturated fats, toxic chemicals

  environment, exposure, food, health