Avocados, fatty fish, salad dressing, nuts and yogurt are high-fat foods that can support weight loss. Fat provides energy and helps your body absorb some nutrients. Fat can help enhance flavor in ...

For many years, fat was treated as something to avoid. Many women grew up believing that eating fat would lead to weight gain or heart problems. In reality, some types of fat are essential for ...

The whole narrative around dietary fat can be confusing, especially for those of us alive in the ‘90s (or earlier), when low-fat everything was the holy grail of healthy eating. But more recent ...

A new study offers reassurance about the safety of certain processed fats found in everyday foods. Interesterified fats made from palm or plant oils didn’t raise cholesterol or cause metabolic harm in ...

Sarah covers how industries like food and tobacco affect Americans’ bodies and minds. Her interests include ultra-processed foods; smoke-free tobacco; and wellness trends like perimenopause products ...

The Trump administration’s highly anticipated federal dietary recommendations are likely to reverse decades of nutrition recommendations that have long been the status quo on saturated fats, ...

When new dietary guidelines for Americans came out in early January, I couldn’t help but notice “healthy fats” at the top of the inverted food pyramid. Like the food pyramid itself, the new guidelines ...

The fat-free trend of the ’90s may be done and dusted, as high-fat diets like keto continue to remain popular. Since opinions on fat flip-flop often, you may be confused about how fat fits into a ...