People who eat a lot of trans fats (especially from fried and processed foods) are more likely to die from any cause, but this doesn’t seem to affect their risk of stroke or diabetes clearly.

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Intake of saturated and trans unsaturated fatty acids and risk of all cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis

Human

2015 Aug 11

This study found that eating artificial trans fats (like in fried and baked goods) raises the risk of dying from any cause by about 34%, but doesn’t clearly link to stroke or diabetes — just like the claim says. It also shows that the bad kind comes from factories, not from cows.

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Intake of saturated and trans unsaturated fatty acids and risk of all cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h3978

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