The Heart and Stroke Foundation has just released a new position statement on saturated fat. The key message for Canadians is ...

Trans fats are the enemy of health.You should avoid margarine and shortening immediately.If you are someone who pays ...

Trans fats have long been vilified as the worst fats for your heart health, but a new study found that these fats may not all be dietary villains—precisely those from an actual cow. Dairy has long ...

Work is finished, and you're tired and hungry. Maybe you're rushing home or to daycare pickup. You know you should be cooking dinner from scratch for the healthiest choice, but that isn't going to ...

For years, the phrase “trans fat” has carried a warning. Health experts have linked these fats to heart disease, prompting governments and food manufacturers around the world to remove them from many ...

What they are: Trans fats are made from liquid fats in which the natural bends in the molecule have been straightened out by a process called partial hydrogenation. In this process the essential fatty ...

There are two main kinds of trans fats in foods: naturally occurring and artificial. The controversy around trans fats relates to artificial trans fats (or trans fatty acids)—created through a process ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For women with heart disease, eating too many artery-clogging trans fats may increase their risk of dying suddenly from cardiac arrest, a new study suggests. Trans fats, ...

Trans fat increases your risk of heart disease. The more trans fat you eat, the greater your risk of heart and blood vessel disease. This is because trans fat increases your “bad” cholesterol or ...

“Trans fat elimination is attainable, affordable and life-saving, and WHO remains committed to supporting Member States in their journeys towards this goal,” Dr. Francesco Branca, director of the ...