Is eating foods high in saturated fat healthy or harmful?

Fats that are high in saturated fatty acids (including meat fats, milk fat, butter, lard, coconut oil, palm oil, and palm kernel oil) are commonly considered to be potentially less healthful than fats with a lower proportion of saturated fatty acids and higher proportions of unsaturated fatty acids like olive oil, peanut oil, canola oil, avocados, safflower, corn, sunflower, soy, and cottonseed oils.

Medical, heart-health, and governmental authorities advise that saturated fat is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) .