Not all fats are bad — some make your heart sick, others don’t
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Some fats from processed foods hurt your heart, but fats from milk and meat don’t seem to. Eating too many fake fats (from fried foods) raises your risk of heart disease and dying early. Swapping them for healthy fats like nuts or fish helps. Odd fats in dairy might even protect you from diabetes.
Surprising Findings
Trans-palmitoleic acid in dairy lowers diabetes risk by 42%
Trans fats are universally seen as toxic, but this one—naturally found in milk and butter—is protective. It contradicts decades of fear-mongering around all trans fats.
Practical Takeaways
Replace margarine, fried snacks, and baked goods with nuts, olive oil, or fatty fish.
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Some fats from processed foods hurt your heart, but fats from milk and meat don’t seem to. Eating too many fake fats (from fried foods) raises your risk of heart disease and dying early. Swapping them for healthy fats like nuts or fish helps. Odd fats in dairy might even protect you from diabetes.
Surprising Findings
Trans-palmitoleic acid in dairy lowers diabetes risk by 42%
Trans fats are universally seen as toxic, but this one—naturally found in milk and butter—is protective. It contradicts decades of fear-mongering around all trans fats.
Practical Takeaways
Replace margarine, fried snacks, and baked goods with nuts, olive oil, or fatty fish.
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Multiple large-scale meta-analyses of prospective cohort studies demonstrate no statistically significant association between dietary saturated fat intake and incidence of coronary heart disease or cardiovascular disease.
People who eat more trans fats—especially from processed foods—are more likely to die from any cause, including heart disease and cancer.
If you swap out trans fats (like in fried foods) for healthy fats like those in fish or nuts, your risk of heart disease drops a lot—what you replace it with matters more than just cutting fat.
There’s a hint that eating more saturated fat might raise the risk of dying from heart disease, but the data is too messy and uncertain to say for sure.
We can’t be sure if saturated fat is good or bad for you because the studies are all over the place—some say one thing, others say the opposite, and the measurements aren’t very accurate.