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 ...

The association is driven by higher rates of death from cardiovascular disease and other cancers over 13 years.

The federal government may be preparing to ease its stance on saturated fat—potentially signaling a major shift in U.S. dietary guidance, according to reporting in The Wall Street Journal. Health ...

For 4 weeks, I ate 2,000 calories per day of saturated fat to see what it would do to my cholesterol levels. Spoiler alert: ...

A systematic review of 17 randomized trials found that among high cardiovascular risk individuals, reducing saturated fat was linked to lower all-cause mortality and possible reductions in ...

Is saturated fat really the villain we think it is? I ate 222g of saturated fat a day for a month to find out. Turns out, ...

New research hints at a few ways fatty foods affect cells in the brain, a finding that could help explain the link between a high-fat diet and impaired memory—especially as we age. The Ohio State ...

Let’s tackle saturated fat, shall we? It’s something people brawl about on social media, and (mostly) cordially disagree about in scientific literature. I could write a persuasive piece, chock full of ...

New research is tryin to better understand why both athletes and those with diabetes tend to store high levels of fat inside their muscle cells. Image: David Davies/Press Association (AP) Scientists ...

New research hints at a few ways fatty foods affect cells in the brain, a finding that could help explain the link between a high-fat diet and impaired memory -- especially as we age. A new study in ...