"It's not about good fats/bad fats, but consuming fats in the right amounts that counts," says dietitian Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D., author of The Nutrition Desk Reference. So just how do people ...

Here is why our body needs fat, how to distinguish good fats from bad, and what science says about making fats a healthy part of our diet. The answer is yes—our body requires fat! Fats are ...

A nutrient-rich diet is crucial for heart, vascular and brain health, as about 25% of our blood supply goes to our brain.

The problem with trans fats is that they can increase your risk of heart disease by affecting your cholesterol. So they can make your good cholesterol, the HDL, go down and your bad cholesterol ...

These fats have the opposite effect of saturated fats as they lower the bad cholesterol in our blood. But, they are not entirely good for us. In fact, research in the last ten years has shown that ...

The AHA notes that monounsaturated fats may lower LDL, or “bad,” cholesterol levels and maintain healthful levels of “good” high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. However, simply ...