When mice with a genetic predisposition to clogged arteries ate a diet with olive oil and nuts instead of butter and animal fat, their artery plaques got smaller.

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Replacing Saturated Fat With Unsaturated Fat in Western Diet Reduces Foamy Monocytes and Atherosclerosis in Male Ldlr-/- Mice.

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2020 Jan

This study found that feeding mice a diet with olive oil and nuts instead of butter and fatty meats made their artery plaques smaller, showing that what kind of fat you eat can change how bad heart disease gets.

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Replacing Saturated Fat With Unsaturated Fat in Western Diet Reduces Foamy Monocytes and Atherosclerosis in Male Ldlr-/- Mice.

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DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.119.313078

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