Eating a bit more healthy fats like those in nuts and fish might help lower the chance of dying from heart disease — especially if you've never had a heart attack before.

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Dietary fatty acids and mortality risk from heart disease in US adults: an analysis based on NHANES

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2023 Jan 28

The study found that people who got 5% more of their calories from healthy fats like those in nuts and fish had a lower risk of dying from heart disease, especially if they hadn’t already had a heart attack.

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Dietary fatty acids and mortality risk from heart disease in US adults: an analysis based on NHANES

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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-28738-2

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