Eating foods with saturated fat, like butter or meat, doesn't seem to raise your risk of heart disease or dying from it, based on the studies reviewed.

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Saturated fat: villain and bogeyman in the development of cardiovascular disease?

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2022 Dec 21

This study looked at lots of past research and found no strong proof that eating saturated fat (like butter or meat fat) causes heart disease. So it agrees with the claim that saturated fat isn’t as bad for your heart as people used to think.

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Saturated fat: villain and bogeyman in the development of cardiovascular disease?

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DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwac194

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