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  Consumption of dietary trans fats is associated with irritability and aggression according to an article posted in the Public Library of Science Online in April of 2012. Trans fats are never saturated. If they are fully hydrogenated, they are no longer trans fats; they become saturated fat. Natural trans fats made in nature, such as vaccenic acid (found...

  According to a study published in the Journal of Dairy Science in January of 2013, dairy cows fed 6 pounds of flaxseed per day have more nutritious milk. Traditional feed contains GMO corn and grains, alfalfa hay, and grass silage; the milk has low amounts of omega-3 fatty acids and other polyunsaturated fats, and is high in saturated fats. Flax...

Milk fats can initiate immune dysfunction that can lead to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Concentrated milk fat caused mice to develop IBD at three times the rate (60%) that mice fed a low fat diet or a diet with polyunsaturated fats. IBD correlated with the emergence of a bacteria called Bilophila wadsworthia from nearly undetectable levels to about 6% of...