Tag: butter
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Giving Up Butter and Cheese for Heart Health? Why Cutting Saturated Fat Might Not Help Much
Rethinking Saturated Fat and Heart Health For decades, nutrition guidelines have urged people to limit saturated fats—most commonly found in butter, cheese, and fatty cuts of meat—to reduce heart disease risk. A growing body of research, however, is challenging that blanket directive. Recent analyses suggest that simply cutting saturated fat from a typical diet may…
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Giving up butter and cheese for heart health? The case against cutting saturated fat
New findings challenge the old wisdom on saturated fat For decades, nutrition guidance has urged people to minimize saturated fats found in butter, cheese, and other animal products to lower heart disease risk. A wave of recent studies, however, is provoking a reevaluation: for many healthy adults, simply cutting butter and cheese may not translate…
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Cutting Saturated Fat for Heart Health: Is It Pointless? A Fresh Look at Butter, Cheese and Modern Diets
Rethinking Saturated Fat: Not All Dials Move the Needle For decades, heart health guidance has urged people to curb saturated fats found in butter, cheese, and fatty meats. The logic was simple: reduce cholesterol-raising fats, and you lower your risk of heart disease. Yet a growing body of research suggests that for many healthy adults,…