The Claim

The correlation between saturated fat intake and heart disease was established by omitting contradictory data from multi-country studies.

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What the research says

Supports is higher

Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.

Supports

39score

Challenges

0score

These are independent scores, not a percentage. Higher-grade studies count more, so a single strong opposing study can outweigh several weaker ones.

Correlation

1 study reviewed

In plain English

Scientists found a link between eating saturated fat and heart disease by leaving out data from different countries that didn't fit their idea.

See the scientific wording

The correlation between saturated fat intake and heart disease was established by omitting contradictory data from multi-country studies.

1 study

Study: The effect of replacing saturated fat with mostly n-6 polyunsaturated fat on coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
This study looked at past research on saturated fat and heart disease and found that when they only used the best studies without mistakes, there was no benefit. This means the original idea that saturated fat causes heart disease might have come from using bad data, which supports the claim.

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