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 ...

Is one type of fat healthier than another? Which foods are high in saturated fat, and which are high in unsaturated fat? EatingWell answers your top questions. Reviewed by Dietitian Lisa Valente, M.S.

Women's Health may earn commission from the links on this page, but we only feature products we believe in. Why Trust Us? Dietary fat, especially saturated fat, has been considered unhealthy for the ...

The recent news that the Atkins low-carb diet works well and improves health has some people scratching their heads. If Atkins means eating lots of meat, eggs and cheese, won't all that saturated fat ...

This isn’t just about saturated fat. It’s about the broader cost of reductionism in nutrition—where complex dietary patterns ...

Fat is an essential part of a healthy diet. It helps our bodies absorb vitamins and minerals, maintains metabolism, and stores energy. But not all dietary fats are created equal. Here is what you need ...

Saturated fats are often pegged as a main culprit behind heart disease, but a new study suggests that might not be the case. Researchers reviewed 72 different studies on more than 600,000 people from ...

Not all saturated fats are created equal, it appears. A pair of new studies suggests that certain sources of saturated fat may be worse than others—especially when it comes to raising risk for type 2 ...