Dear Mayo Clinic: I've heard that some foods that are labeled as "trans fat-free" actually may contain harmful trans fats. Is this true? A: Yes. Under labeling laws, a food can be labeled as "trans ...

A Mediterranean diet, which emphasises fish, vegetables and wholgrains, can help fight inflammation - Getty Ignore chronic inflammation at your peril. Recognised as a contributor to many deaths ...

Fat is an essential nutrient in everyone's diet. They give us energy, keep us feeling full, and help absorb vital fat-soluble ...

This week, when Kentucky Fried Chicken announced it was using trans-fat-free oil in its fried chicken, it was a major news story and seen as a move toward healthier foods. But not many years ago, ...

I’ve heard that trans fats have been banned in the US in restaurants. What are trans fats and why do we not hear much about them in Australia? — Mae** Trans-fats are created through a process called ...

American health experts have gone to war over oil. This one, which might even be winnable, is about artery-clogging trans fat. The industrially created cooking oil was banned in New York City ...

Claims like ?low fat,? ?reduced fat? and ?lite? have influenced our purchasing decisions at the grocery store and filled advertisers? pockets for years. Over the past year, however, a new claim has ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- For more than a generation, fat was a dirty word. Nutritionists and dieticians urged us to ban it whenever we could. But that message didn't work. We just gained more weight.