Avocados are healthy, but many other nutrient-dense fats can also support heart and overall health.Healthy fats like olive oil, walnuts, seeds, sardines, egg yolks, and full-fat yogurt provide good ...

From myths about being 'skinny fat' to labelling all saturated fat as bad for health, experts debunk some outdated beliefs ...

Extra-virgin olive oil, avocado oil, canola oil, soybean oil, and walnut oil are heart-healthy options with different uses.

Almond or cashew butter might sound fancier than plain old peanut butter. But you might be surprised to find which one’s ...

Oct. 4, 2004 -- A high intake of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fat, particularly cis fat, is associated with a reduced risk of gallstone disease, according to the results of a prospective, ...

Coconut and olive oil are both plant-based fats. However, they differ in the types of fats they contain, which affects how ...

Getting rid of the fat floating on top of simmered dishes can be a messy affair. But there's one simple way to make the ...

Many of us grew up with the idea that fat is the enemy. And, after decades of directives to minimize our dietary fat intake, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saturated fats, which include butter, lard and shortening, are solid at room temperature. (Steve Wisbauer / Getty Images) (Steve ...

There may be no nutrient more maligned than fat. In the 90s, it was widely believed we needed to avoid fat at all costs, and food products branded as “low-fat” were everywhere. By the 2010s, the ...