It's hard to believe there was a time when everyone thought all fat was bad. That's right—a few decades ago, it didn't matter what type of fat you were referring to because they were all nearly ...

But most people don’t eat enough fatty fish. For some fiber along with fatty fish, pair it with salad, other veggies, or ...

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 ...

There’s much ado about fat. You’ve probably heard that eating less saturated fat can help protect your heart, and that certain unsaturated fats — like those in olive oil, salmon, and nuts — can give ...

February is American Heart Month. Like many of you, I do my best to eat healthy and get enough exercise. As I was preparing dinner, I casually made a comment about how the meal I was making was higher ...

When new dietary guidelines for Americans came out in early January, I couldn’t help but notice “healthy fats” at the top of the inverted food pyramid. Like the food pyramid itself, the new guidelines ...