The Claim

In a cohort of over 100,000 US adults followed for 17 years, dietary intake of saturated, trans, or monounsaturated fatty acids was not significantly associated with cancer mortality after full adjustment for confounding factors, suggesting no major role of these fats in cancer-related death risk.

Source: Associations of Dietary Fat Intake With Mortality From All Causes, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer: A Prospective Study

What the research says

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Correlation
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In plain English

Eating saturated, trans, or monounsaturated fats doesn’t seem to affect your chances of dying from cancer, based on a long-term study of over 100,000 American adults.

See the scientific wording

Dietary intake of saturated, trans, or monounsaturated fatty acids is not significantly associated with cancer mortality after full adjustment for confounders, based on data from over 100,000 US adults followed for 17 years, suggesting that these fats may not play a major role in cancer-related death risk.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Associations of Dietary Fat Intake With Mortality From All Causes, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer: A Prospective Study

    The study looked at how different types of fats in people's diets affect their chances of dying from cancer. It found that saturated, trans, and monounsaturated fats were not linked to higher cancer deaths, which supports the idea that these fats don’t play a big role in dying from cancer.

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