Eating more saturated fat—like in butter or red meat—doesn’t seem to make people more likely to get heart disease, based on this big review of studies.

For people who already have heart disease, eating foods high in saturated fats—like butter or red meat—doesn’t seem to make their chances of having a heart attack or dying any higher or lower.

The amount of saturated fat found in your blood doesn’t seem to predict whether you’ll get heart disease, based on blood tests from many people.

Eating foods high in saturated fats, like butter or red meat, doesn’t seem to strongly increase your risk of heart disease—so the idea that they’re really bad for your heart might be overblown.

Eating more saturated fat, like butter or fatty meat, doesn't seem to raise your risk of heart disease, according to a big review of 16 long-term studies of adults.

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.