Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We've come a long way from the 70s and 80s, when all fat was considered bad for us. Today, we know that many fats, including those ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a direct final rule on August 9 to solidify the agency’s June 2015 determination that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) are no longer “generally ...

I continue to be amazed at the pace at which nutrition science continues to evolve — and get more complicated. Along with that thought comes this question from David P in Tucson, Arizona: “Dear ...

A palladium-based catalyst on diatomite — a siliceous powder derived from the remains of fossilized algae — could help lower levels of unhealthy ‘trans fats’ in hydrogenated oils like those in ...

Trans fat is a killer: Up to 500,000 people a year die worldwide from the consequences of eating it. Trans fat increases LDL (or “bad”) cholesterol, the compound that clogs arteries and causes heart ...

The UK branch of Swiss food giant Nestlé is to remove hydrogenated vegetable fat and oil, known as trans fat or trans fatty acids (TFAs), from some of its confectionery products. "We are reformatting ...