Fat is an essential nutrient in everyone's diet. They give us energy, keep us feeling full, and help absorb vital fat-soluble ...

Put plainly, the war on saturated fat, rooted in the hypothesis that it causes heart disease, has never been based on sound ...

Your body needs fat for various functions, including creating energy, helping you absorb fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K), and more. However, eating too much saturated fat has been linked to a ...

Saturated fat is a type of fat that is solid at room temperature. Meat and dairy products are the main sources of saturated fat. Coconut and palm oils also contain it. A review from 2020 reinforces ...

Meals low in saturated fat promote heart health by reducing the risk of cholesterol buildup and supporting better cardiovascular function. Eating a heart-healthy diet doesn’t have to mean sacrificing ...

New research suggests that reducing saturated fat may only help people at high risk of heart disease. But cardiologists say ...

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signals a fat-friendlier approach to dietary guidelines, a new review offers fodder for opposing ...

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 ...

You’ve probably heard it a thousand times: saturated fat raises your “bad” cholesterol (LDL), and high LDL is a big red flag for heart disease. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death ...

A systematic review of 17 randomized trials found that among high cardiovascular risk individuals, reducing saturated fat was ...

Some fats are healthy, but nutrition experts recommend avoiding or seriously limiting saturated fat. This type of fat can raise your LDL (or “bad”) cholesterol and lead to weight gain, heart disease, ...

Merve Ceylan is a dietitian and health writer with four years of experience writing for companies in the nutrition and health industry. Your body needs fat for various functions, including creating ...