Not all saturated fats are the same—those in cheese and butter might not hurt your heart, and could even help, but the ones in bacon and sausages might make your heart risk higher.

Eating saturated fat doesn’t always raise your risk of heart disease—it depends on where the fat comes from. For example, saturated fat in dairy and nuts might not hurt your heart, and could even be okay or helpful.

Not all saturated fats are the same—some kinds, like those in dairy or coconut oil, might actually help your good cholesterol go up and bad cholesterol go down, while others, like those in red meat, might make your bad cholesterol worse.

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.

Eating saturated fat doesn’t always make you more likely to get heart disease or diabetes—it depends on what foods contain the fat and what you eat instead of it.

Eating saturated fat doesn’t always make you more likely to get heart disease or diabetes—it depends on what foods you’re getting it from and what you’re eating instead.