Major Discovery Challenges Decades of Advice to Avoid All Saturated Fats - ScienceAlert

Until now, most research on saturated fats has focused solely on looking at saturated fat and its link with heart disease.

This is why it's important to investigate which foods containing saturated fats are linked to heart disease, rather than only considering saturated fat alone.

We found no overall link between the amount of saturated fats participants consumed and their risk of developing heart disease.

But this picture was different when we looked at foods that are typical sources of saturated fats.

These findings show us that the link between heart disease and saturated fats depends on what food sources it comes from.

Previous studies have also shown that different saturated fats carry different levels of risk when it comes to heart disease.

Rather, it's about focusing more on reducing foods such as red meat and butter which are linked to a significantly higher risk than other foods that contain saturated fats.