What kinds of fat are good or bad for living longer?
Association between dietary fat intake and mortality from all-causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.
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Surprising Findings
The association between saturated fat and all-cause mortality is non-linear, with risk plateauing after 11% of energy intake.
This contradicts the common assumption that more saturated fat always means higher risk — suggesting a threshold effect.
Practical Takeaways
Replace some red meat and butter with fatty fish, nuts, seeds, or olive oil to increase polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats.
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Surprising Findings
The association between saturated fat and all-cause mortality is non-linear, with risk plateauing after 11% of energy intake.
This contradicts the common assumption that more saturated fat always means higher risk — suggesting a threshold effect.
Practical Takeaways
Replace some red meat and butter with fatty fish, nuts, seeds, or olive oil to increase polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats.
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Eating a bit more healthy fats like those in nuts and fish—replacing things like carbs or saturated fats—might help people live longer and lower their chances of dying from heart disease or cancer.
Even a tiny bit more trans fat in your diet — just 1% of your daily calories — could raise your chances of dying from heart disease or other serious illnesses by 6%.
Eating too much saturated fat might increase your risk of dying from any cause, especially cancer — the more you eat (up to a point), the higher the risk, according to big studies that followed people for years.
If adults get 5% more of their daily calories from healthy fats like those in olive oil or avocados, they might have a slightly lower chance of dying from any cause over time.
The link between saturated fat, cholesterol, and heart disease might have been pushed by shady studies paid for by the sugar industry that didn’t tell the whole truth.