Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease
Published: June 15, 2017
- Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in the United States and globally. For more than half of a century, the American Heart Association has recommended reducing saturated fat intake to reduce CVD risk.
- This AHA Presidential Advisory reviews the current scientific evidence on the effects of dietary saturated fat intake and its replacement by other types of fats and carbohydrate on CVD.
- In the context of an overall healthy dietary pattern, replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats can lower incidence of CVD.
Supporting Materials
- Commentary: Trimming the Fat on Diet Recommendations for a Healthy Heart: Emphasis on Eating Patterns over Dietary Restrictions by Tracy Severson, RD, LD, and Sergio Fazio, MD, PhD
- Top Things to Know: Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease
- News Release: Replacing saturated fat with healthier fat may lower cholesterol as well as drugs in context of a healthy diet