People who eat fat for a long time are prone to get sick. Is there any scientific basis?

I don't know if you often hear someone say this in your daily life: "Don't always eat too much fat, there is a lot of fat! High cholesterol! Eating too much meat is bad for your health ... "In short, they think that eating too much fat is bad for your health and will shorten your life span. But in fact, we sometimes see some very old people eating fat happily, and we don't think there is anything wrong with him. Therefore, it is one-sided to say that "eating too much fat will lead to short life".

In fact, there is no absolute statement, the key depends on the frequency and quantity of people eating.

On the premise of eating a small amount of fat occasionally, it is beneficial to health and is equivalent to prolonging life in disguise. However, if you eat it regularly, it will have a great impact on your body, such as increased blood lipids and even increased the risk of blood vessel blockage.

In our life, it is not difficult to find that many long-lived old people like to eat a little soft and rotten fat stew. Some researchers even investigated Okinawa, the hometown of longevity in Japan, and found that 90% of the elderly over 80 in this county like to eat stewed pork.

This is because eating some fat in moderation is also good for the human body. The human body needs five basic nutrients every day, including protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. Among them, fat can just provide rich fat and supply higher calories to the human body. Fat also contains lecithin and cholesterol that the human body needs.

Older people in recession need more fat than young people and can eat more meat appropriately. Plus there is enough exercise, so this balanced conditioning is the reason why some people will live longer after eating fat.

However, as far as the diet structure of most people in our country is concerned, it is not recommended that people often eat fat, because many people's daily intake of fat exceeds the standard, and the problem of hyperlipidemia is also common. Eating more fat at this time will be bad for your health.