The Claim

Dietary fat, particularly from animal sources, provides cholesterol that is necessary for the synthesis of steroid hormones and may help stabilize blood glucose and cortisol levels.

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In plain English

Eating fat from animal foods gives your body cholesterol that it needs to make important hormones, and it might also help keep your blood sugar and stress levels steady.

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Dietary fat, particularly animal fat, provides cholesterol necessary for steroid hormone synthesis and can stabilize blood glucose and cortisol levels.

What the research says

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  1. Study: Integrated metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses suggest that high dietary lipid levels facilitate ovary development through the enhanced arachidonic acid metabolism, cholesterol biosynthesis and steroid hormone synthesis in Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis)

    The study found that more fat in the diet helped fish produce hormones needed for reproduction, which supports the idea that dietary fat aids hormone production.

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