For more than half a century, Americans have been urged to shy away from saturated fats, found mainly in animal products. We have been told to cook with canola oil instead of butter, select skim ...

Healthy diet and exercise are core recommendations for weight loss, but new research details the more significant effects of the two in combination on unhealthy visceral vs subcutaneous adipose tissue ...

Health experts have long recommended limiting it, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has signaled a shift in that advice. By Alice Callahan For decades, nutrition experts and health officials have warned ...

Sarah Todd returned to reporting in January 2025 after being assignment editor at STAT since October 2022. You can reach Sarah on Signal at sarahlizchar.47. Christopher Gardner is exuberant in his ...

Most saturated fats raise "bad" low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, which increases your heart disease risk. Short- and medium-chain saturated fats might have a neutral or positive effect on ...

Fruit fat sounds like an oxymoron since the macronutrient is virtually absent in apples, oranges, berries and other popular choices. “Most fruits naturally contain little to no fat. Bananas are a ...

Trans fats are unsaturated fatty acids. When a person eats trans fats it raises their bad low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels. Trans fats also lower a person’s good high-density ...

Changes may be coming to the U.S. dietary guidelines: If public comments from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are any indication, Americans could see a big difference when it comes to ...

The Trump administration’s highly anticipated federal dietary recommendations are likely to reverse decades of nutrition recommendations that have long been the status quo on saturated fats, ...

A new study offers reassurance about the safety of certain processed fats found in everyday foods. Interesterified fats made from palm or plant oils didn’t raise cholesterol or cause metabolic harm in ...