Eating more saturated fat doesn't appear to raise your risk of having a stroke, according to a review of 8 long-term studies of adults.

People who eat more saturated fat, like butter and red meat, seem to have a lower chance of dying from a stroke or having any stroke at all, but this might just be a coincidence — other studies with better methods don’t agree.

Eating trans fats doesn’t clearly raise or lower the risk of a certain type of stroke called ischemic stroke—the results are mixed and not reliable.

Eating foods high in saturated fat, like butter and red meat, doesn't appear to raise your risk of heart attacks, strokes, or other heart problems, according to a big review of long-term studies on thousands of people.

Overall, eating more saturated fat doesn't seem to increase your risk of having any kind of heart disease or stroke, according to a large review of 21 long-term studies.

Eating more saturated fat from butter, meat, or cheese doesn’t clearly make people more likely to die early or get heart disease or diabetes, but the studies aren’t perfect, so we can’t be totally sure.