We hear a lot about "cutting our saturated fat intake" these days, but unfortunately protecting your heart health is an awful lot more complicated than that.

Let's take triglycerides as one example.

What are triglycerides?
Triglycerides are the chemical form in which most fat exists in food, and also in the body. The triglycerides which you find in blood plasma come from fats eaten in your diet, or from those made in the body from foods like carbohydrates. 

So, when you eat a meal, those...