this lurker/reader hears you, I'm sure there are more
In the 20th century one of the earliest research on fats was done by dr. Budwig, she eventually devised a protocol for cancer patients that favoured flaxseed oil above all. She was a fat-specialist. She found fats are absorbed better when they are in suspension. So her patients mixed up their oils with cottage cheese into a very airy cream.
She also found out how fast fats, when ingested, get absorbed and reach the skin. Within hours, for unsaturated fats.
From other research I know fats bypass the liver when ingested. They go straight from the gut to the lymph system. Which is where the battle against both cancer and auto-immune is mounted.
Short fatty chains do different things in cell (membranes) than long fatty chains. (I know nothing yet of the specific pathways in cells)
So yeah, I'd like to converse about this more!
PS.
I've been on a high saturated fat diet for 4 years now and happy and healthier for it. Before that I tried the Budwig protocol but you have to grind your own flaxseed because processed vegetable oils alter so quickly.
My gut couldn't handle all the flaxseed and vegetables. And mixing the oil and cheese fast enough to get the oil suspended is not easy. A handheld mixer was not enough.