Eating a bit more healthy fats like those in nuts and fish—replacing things like carbs or saturated fats—might help people live longer and lower their chances of dying from heart disease or cancer.

If you swap out a little bit of butter and fatty meats for healthier fats like nuts and fish oil, you’re less likely to have a heart attack or die from heart disease — it’s not about eating less fat, but choosing better kinds of fat.

If adults get 5% more of their daily calories from healthy fats like those in olive oil or avocados, they might have a slightly lower chance of dying from any cause over time.

If you swap out trans fats (like in fried foods) for healthy fats like those in fish or nuts, your risk of heart disease drops a lot—what you replace it with matters more than just cutting fat.

If you swap out a little bit of butter or fatty meat for foods like nuts or vegetable oils, you're less likely to have a heart attack or die from heart disease.

Eating less saturated fat (like butter and fatty meats) and more healthy fats (like olive oil, nuts, and fish) is linked to people living longer and having fewer heart problems or other serious illnesses.