Dietary oils and fats are staples in modern cooking, yet their role in health remains a topic of ongoing debate. For example, recent attention has focused on beef tallow as a potential replacement for ...

I think we need to toss the oil that is stored in the cupboard,” I said to my intern. She agreed to do the “sniff test” on ...

To add even more complexity, some oils are primarily made up of “omega-3” fats and others are “omega-6” fats. “Omega” refers to the position of the double bond from th ...

The Make America Healthy Again gang led by Robert Kennedy Jr. is not going to be happy with the results of a study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Since vegetable oils are liquid at room temperature, food scientists change their chemical structure ... around 52% saturated fat, while the rest is mainly water and unsaturated fat.

Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Seth Berkowitz of the UNC School of Medicine to discuss his recent ...

Neutrophils from the high-fat diet ... web-like structures of DNA and proteins that trap and kill pathogens. This reduction happened both when exposed to bacteria and to chemical stimulants ...

There are several types of dietary fat, and some fats are more healthful than others. Saturated and trans fats tend to be associated with more health risks, while unsaturated fats are associated ...

A study has linked linoleic acid — a fat found in many everyday oils — with aggressive breast cancer, reigniting the debate about how our diets affect our health.