I often receive notes asking questions about dietary fats, like why is unsaturated fat healthier than saturated fat, and what is trans fat. Good questions, but to answer them I’ll have to first walk ...

With a growing number of chains electing to change their frying oils to jettison trans fats, the impression among health-conscious consumers might be that heart-threatening dietary risks are becoming ...

We've come a long way from the 70s and 80s, when all fat was considered bad for us. Today, we know that many fats, including those in nuts, avocado and fatty fish, are incredibly healthy. Then there ...

After victories in eradicating smallpox, certifying most of the world polio free and developing COVID-19 vaccines in record time, we are on the cusp – for the first time – of turning the tide on a ...

Cooking certain vegetables in oils at high temperatures can create unhealthy fats linked to heart disease risk, according to a new study. The exact relationship between unhealthy fats and heart ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A study published today supports recent efforts to rid the American diet of trans fats. In the study, women with the highest levels of trans fat in their blood had triple ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned trans fats, demanding food companies remove the ingredient from their products, such as frostings, microwave popcorn, packaged pies, frozen ...