People who eat a higher share of saturated fats compared to all the fat they consume are more likely to die from any cause, even if they’re not eating more fat overall — and this holds true after accounting for things like age, lifestyle, and health markers.

People in the U.S. who eat more of the healthy fats (like those in fish and nuts) compared to their total fat intake tend to live longer, even if they eat the same amount of fat overall — and this holds true no matter their age, gender, income, or health habits.

Eating more or less of different kinds of fats—like those in butter, olive oil, or fish—doesn’t seem to change your risk of dying from any cause, as long as you’re otherwise healthy and you account for other lifestyle factors.

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 — like in butter or red meat — doesn't appear to raise the chance of dying from heart disease, based on long-term studies of nearly 90,000 people.

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.