Some messy studies made it look like swapping certain fats in your diet lowers heart disease risk, but when scientists did better studies, they found that wasn't really true.

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The effect of replacing saturated fat with mostly n-6 polyunsaturated fat on coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

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2017 May 19

The study looked at the same diet change as the claim and found that when studies were done carefully, swapping fats didn't reduce heart disease, but messy studies made it seem like it did—just like the claim said.

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The effect of replacing saturated fat with mostly n-6 polyunsaturated fat on coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

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DOI: 10.1186/s12937-017-0254-5

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