article_snippet: You have probably been advised to cut out saturated fats and replace butter with unsaturated fat spreads.
article_snippet: This is because a diet high in saturated fats is thought to be one factor that leads to high levels of bad cholesterol in the blood... which in turn may cause narrowing of the arteries and heart attacks.
article_snippet: However, there is now some controversy as to whether these dietary changes make much difference to your risk of heart disease.
article_snippet: A recent overview of multiple studies found no evidence that restricting saturated fat and increasing polyunsaturated fat consumption lowered the risk of developing heart disease.
article_snippet: The jury is still out on this one, and The jury shouldn’t be used as an excuse to eat high fat doughnuts, pastries, chips and other sources of processed, saturated fat.
article_snippet: However, butter, cheese and cream in small quantities may not be the complete villains they were thought to be.
article_snippet: Much-maligned butter may not be the dietary villain we once thought, says Dr Sally Norton .