When Chinese adults eat more carbs, they tend to eat less fat and protein, and this might be why their metabolism doesn’t work as well.

People who are older, women, don’t move much, or are overweight might be more likely to have bad health effects from eating lots of white bread, sugar, and pastries — and that could mean a higher chance of heart disease than for healthier people.

Eating too many sugary, processed carbs and not enough good fats might make your body less responsive to insulin and mess up your cholesterol levels, which could raise your chance of heart disease—especially if you're older, female, don't move much, or are overweight.

Eating saturated fat doesn’t always make you more likely to get heart disease or diabetes—it depends on what foods contain the fat and what you eat instead of it.

Eating saturated fat doesn’t always make you more likely to get heart disease or diabetes—it depends on what foods you’re getting it from and what you’re eating instead.

People in China who eat a lot of carbs that spike their blood sugar quickly are much more likely to develop heart disease compared to those who eat fewer of these carbs.