>>11442356At least google it first.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30336163>Soluble fibers can often be degraded to short-chain fatty acids, such as butyrate, propionate, and acetate by microbial fermentationWe don't extract nutrition from fiber as if it were any other carb, we pass the fiber along to the bacteria in our guts, who can eat it, and they turn it into short-chain fatty acids, which also play a role in gut health. Unlike, say, a cow, it's too far down the digestive system to turn it into a source of life-sustaining energy, but it's still a thing we do.
>>11442381It's not a "dumping ground for non-vital nutrients." It delivers vital nutrients, and just as importantly, energy. Fat is energy, SFA and MUFA are readily available fat. There's also quite a bit of sugar in breast milk.
>Do you really want to continue along this line of discussion? I was just trying to see if you could make a point with it after you brought it up, but I guess that wasn't what you were after. You just wanted to say "but cows digest grass... infants drink breast milk... what more is there to say? saturated fat is undeniably healthy in any quantity for an adult human!" and not be questioned.
>And no, it's not about if PUFA is essential or not, the question is if it's dangerous, which it is relative to the amount consumed.Can you expand on that? You kind of got off that topic and onto a tangent when I challenged you on it, and now getting off your tangential topics when I challenged you on those
