Medically reviewed by Elizabeth Barnes, RDN Key Takeaways Palmitic acid, a saturated fat found in foods like palm oil and ...

Inflammation is an inevitable part of life. It is your body's natural response to trauma, infections, injuries and toxins, acting as a defense mechanism to protect your health. While it may sound ...

Eating more high-fat (HF) foods was associated with asthma-like lung inflammation, based on new data from a mouse model followed by testing on human lung tissue. Previous research has shown an ...

Not all fats are created equal. While some high-fat foods can increase the risk of heart disease, others provide essential ...

In a nutritional landscape often dominated by trends and conflicting advice, few nutrients have maintained such consistent scientific support as omega-3 fatty acids. These polyunsaturated fats, ...

A new study in The Journal of Immunology reveals how a high-fat diet may impair the immune system's ability to respond to infection by impacting the function of neutrophils, one of the first immune ...

Just a few days of eating a diet high in saturated fat could be enough to cause memory problems and related brain inflammation in older adults, a new study in rats suggests. Researchers fed separate ...

While belly fat is not a direct cause of cancer, it contributes to biological changes that increase the likelihood of ...