EROLL BARNETT:
00:02:50
I just want to clarify that. Saturated fat is much more difficult to burn, much more difficult to get rid of because your body can't do anything with it.
GENA HAMSHAW:
00:02:58
Yeah, essentially, it is the kind of fat that's more associated with heart disease. So it's the fact that, in the nutrition world, we tend to be more concerned about high consumption of that fat as opposed to the unsaturated fats in, say, avocado or olive oil or nuts and seeds-- Nuts, right? --or something like that. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. So where should we go from here? Could restaurants and places that serve food offer more healthy options? Which many of them have been doing. Many of them have been doing, and that, to me, also tells us something about why this trend could be happening. Maybe there's more of a consumer demand for healthier options. And I think that if fast-food restaurants want to retain their consumers, they will have to start offering more of those wholesome options for folks instead of losing them as customers altogether. So what we might see is better cooking methods, less frying, more baking and grilling, more fruits and vegetables on menu, higher-fiber foods. And if you have to eat the bad fast food, cut it in half. That's what I do. Sure. Eat the burger. Slice it up. Change the portion size or change the frequency, one or the other. Those are both great ways. Great advice. Gena Hemshaw-- Hamshaw-- thank you so much for coming in and dealing with my nonsense this morning. Not at all. Thank you for having me. This was
