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Fats and Oils
Some fat is essential for normal body function. Fats can have good or bad effects on health, depending on their chemistry. The type of fat may be more important than the total amount of fat when it comes to reducing heart disease risk. Monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are good fats that help promote heart health, and should be the main type of fats consumed. Saturated fats and trans fats (trans fatty acids) are bad fats that...
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From Our Experts
Low-Carb vs. Low-Fat Diet for Diabetics
Almost everything that we thought we knew about fat is wrong. The “really bad fats,” according to Barry Sears of The Zone fame, are... Read more »
Eating a Low Fat Diet May Reduce Breast Cancer Recurrance
Another study presented at this year’s San Antonio Conference is good news for women who want to be proactive in reducing their chances... Read more »
Is a Super Low-Fat Diet Best for Heart Health?
A new, much-publicized report in the Journal of the American Dietetics Association crowns Dean Ornish's super-low-fat diet as the winner in... Read more »
The Low-Fat Diet and Breast Cancer Mystery
Biopsy is Better. After an abnormal mammogram, a biopsy is the most effective way to identify breast cancer, better than four non-invasive... Read more »
From Our Sources
Low-carb diets beat low-fat diets at preventing diabetes
Low-carb, high-fat diets do not increase the risk for Type 2 diabetes, a new study has found. In fact, diets rich in fats and protein may even lower... Read more »
Information on Keeping a Heart healthy Diet: unsaturated fats,...
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
The goals of a heart-healthy diet are to eat foods that help obtain or maintain healthy levels of cholesterol and fatty molecules called lipids. You... Read more »
Heart Healthy Diet: soy, fish oil, low-carb and low-fat diets
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Heart-Healthy Diet GuidelinesKey recommendations for a heart-healthy diet include:Eat a balanced diet with plenty of high-fiber foods, such as... Read more »
Mediterranean diet beats low-fat diet for diabetics
The low-carb Mediterranean-style diet is more effective than a low-fat, low-calorie diet for diabetics, a new study has found. The four year Italian... Read more »
Low-fat diet may improve mood: study
A recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine has found that though both a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet and a low-fat,... Read more »
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