Saturated fatty acid chain length should be taken into consideration when assessing the impact on heart health, a new study suggests, indicating an opening for food marketers to differentiate the ...

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 ...

Palmitic acid, formally hexadecanoic acid, is a long-chain saturated fatty acid. It exists in nature primarily as a triglyceride and other esters. The most common natural fatty acid, it is abundant in ...

What every home cook should know about saturated and unsaturated fats. When we talk about cooking fats being saturated or unsaturated, we're actually talking about the proportion of saturated to ...

Researchers at Osaka University identified a degradation factor for SREBP1 as essential for maintaining the balance of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids in adipose tissue. This discovery may lead ...

Researchers at the University of Queensland have revealed the crucial role of saturated fatty acids in the brain's consolidation of memories. Dr Isaac Akefe from UQ's Queensland Brain Institute has ...