Instead of eating lots of white bread or sugary snacks, swapping them for lean protein like chicken or beans might help you manage your weight and stay healthier.

Switching from foods high in saturated fat (like butter) to foods full of sugar and white bread doesn’t make your heart any safer — studies show it doesn’t help prevent heart disease.

If you swap out fats in your food for sugary carbs like white bread or pastries, your blood sugar spikes higher after meals, which can make your body produce too much insulin over time—and that might raise your risk of heart disease.

If you swap out foods like butter and cheese for things like white bread and sugary snacks, it might raise your blood sugar and fat levels after meals, which could make your heart more likely to get sick.

If you eat less saturated fat (like butter or fatty meat) but still eat lots of white bread, sugary snacks, or refined carbs, it probably won’t make your heart any healthier or lower your risk of heart disease.

If you swap out foods like butter and cheese for sugary snacks and white bread, it might make your heart health worse by raising bad fats in your blood, lowering good cholesterol, and making your body less sensitive to insulin—which could raise your chance of having a heart attack.