Research
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Replacing 5% energy from animal fat with 5% energy from plant fat is associated with a 4% to 24% reduction in overall mortality and a 5% to 30% reduction in CVD mortality.
Encouraging dietary fat substitution can significantly reduce mortality risks.
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Replacement of 5% energy from animal fat with 5% energy from plant fat ... was associated with a lower risk for mortality: 4% to 24% reduction in overall mortality, and 5% to 30% reduction in CVD mortality.
Why this rating
Based on a large prospective cohort study.
Source
Plant and Animal Fat Intake and Overall and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality
Bin Zhao et al. · JAMA Internal Medicine · 2024
cohort · n=407531Cited 31×
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