While white fat stores calories, brown fat burns them. A new study, appearing in the journal Cell, reveals that brown fat improves metabolic health by providing nutrients important to other organs, ...

Medically reviewed by Elizabeth Barnes, RDNKey TakeawaysPalmitic acid, a saturated fat found in foods like palm oil and ...

Obesity causes hypertension. Hypertension causes cardiovascular disease. And cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. While the link between fat and high blood pressure is ...

Emerging research is changing the way scientists think about type 2 diabetes, suggesting that where and how the body stores ...

Switching from a diet high in saturated animal fats to one rich in plant-based unsaturated fats affects the fat composition in the blood, which in turn influences long-term disease risk. A study shows ...

But most people don’t eat enough fatty fish. For some fiber along with fatty fish, pair it with salad, other veggies, or ...

A new study reveals how ultra-processed foods alter blood metabolites, offering clues to their effects on metabolism and long ...

If you thought body fat was just a passive storage depot for calories, think again. Research increasingly suggests that it plays an important role in our overall health, with two studies shedding new ...

Obesity causes hypertension. Hypertension causes cardiovascular disease. And cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. While the link between fat and high blood pressure is ...

Eating a high mount of ultra-processed foods is linked to blood metabolite changes, leading to higher levels of 'bad' fatty ...