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 ...

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signals a fat-friendlier approach to dietary guidelines, a new review offers fodder for opposing ...

Saturated fatty acid chain length should be taken into consideration when assessing the impact on heart health, a new study suggests, indicating an opening for food marketers to differentiate the ...

Studies show coconut oil offers no unique heart benefits. Dietary guidelines emphasise unsaturated oils (e.g., olive, rapeseed) for cardiovascular protection.

Cheese seems to make everything better, doesn’t it? From buttery sharp cheddar to gooey ripe Camembert, cheese is delicious ...

I frequently get questions from readers about dietary fats as there is a lot of confusion surrounding why some fats are bad and some good, plus why fat can increase the cholesterol in your bloodstream ...

The content of the upcoming Dietary Guidelines for Americans could hinge on findings of a renowned – but subsequently controversial – American scientist who concluded that overconsumption of saturated ...

Marinka Steur received funding from Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit (MC_UU_00006/3) and was also supported by the British Heart Foundation for part of this work. She declares no conflict of ...

Key Takeaways After the change, people at higher heart risk had fewer heart attacks and strokesReplacing saturated fats with ...

New research is challenging decades of low-fat dogma by suggesting that people who regularly eat rich, high-fat cheeses may ...

In response to the low-fat craze of the 1990s, many food companies removed saturated fats from their products, only to replace them with sugars to maintain their palatability. Unfortunately, the ...