Unsaturated fats may be healthier than saturated fats, but that doesn't mean both can't be a part of a healthy diet.

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 ...

I am sure everyone knows that a high fat diet is not good for one’s health. It can push cholesterol up and puts one a risk of ...

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 ...

Researchers have identified ARMC5 as a key regulator of fatty acid balance in adipose tissue. ARMC5 degrades non-SCAP-bound SREBP1, activating it to regulate stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD), an enzyme ...

Fat has had quite the parley in dietary discussion spaces – the low-fat movement starting in the 1980s told us we should eliminate fat, while high-fat diets like keto tell us the opposite. How do you ...

Olive oil, a healthy fat, contains disease-preventing antioxidants. Consider substituting other cooking oils and butter with ...

Medically reviewed by Jamie Johnson, RDN Your body needs fat for various functions, including creating energy, helping you ...

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 ...

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 ...

“The process used to make butter has been used for centuries and results in a rich natural fat that’s a great source of ...