Processed Meats Processed meats like sausages, hot dogs, and bacon might seem like classic favorites, but they hide a ...

Not all fats are created equal, but dietary fat is crucial to keeping us healthy and energized. Here's one type you're likely ...

Current US dietary guidelines suggest limiting saturated fat to less than 10% of daily calories, with the American Heart ...

A debate is raging in the nutrition world: are seed oils or saturated fats to blame for heart disease? The leading cause of death in the U.S., one in five fatalities in 2022 was attributed to heart ...

Omega-3s are unique polyunsaturated fats that are best known for lowering triglycerides (fats in the blood that can also ...

The previous article described how fatty acids consist of long chains of carbon-carbon bonds, with the carbon mostly “saturated” with hydrogen atoms. When two saturated adjacent carbon atoms exchange ...

Scientists have long known that animals pace their sleep, hunger, and activity with the changing light of the seasons. But ...

Walnuts, pecans, cashews, pistachios and other nuts. Belly fat—the type of visceral fat that develops in your midsection—can accumulate for a variety of reasons, some outside of your control and ...

“The issue isn’t the amount of omega-6 oil we consume,” Ali says, “it’s that many Americans consume too many fried foods and highly processed foods and don’t get enough nutrient-rich foods including ...

Saturated fat is any dietary fat that is solid at room temperature. Common sources include meat, dairy, and butter, as well as some tropical plant oils, such as coconut and palm oil. All fats contain ...

There may be no nutrient more maligned than fat. In the 90s, it was widely believed we needed to avoid fat at all costs, and food products branded as “low-fat” were everywhere. By the 2010s, the ...