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I often receive notes asking questions about dietary fats, like why is unsaturated fat healthier than saturated fat, and what is trans fat. Good questions, but to answer them I’ll have to first walk ...

ATLANTA Chick-fil-A said it has eliminated artificial trans fats from its entire menu after two years of working with supply partners. The 1,400-unit quick-service chain said core menu items such as ...

Butter is high in saturated fat. Margarine can be high in hydrogenated vegetable oil, or trans fat. Both are bad for your heart but now there are healthier options available. Consumer Reports recently ...

The nation’s food companies are stirring up new recipes for everything from Oreos to SpaghettiOs to get rid of trans fat, the artery-clogging ingredient that must be listed on food labels next year.

A major change in the national diet is under way: Heart-damaging trans fat is rapidly disappearing from grocery aisles and restaurant food, too. But are its replacements really healthier? Subscribe to ...

With a growing number of chains electing to change their frying oils to jettison trans fats, the impression among health-conscious consumers might be that heart-threatening dietary risks are becoming ...

The New York City Health Board holds a public hearing on its plan to ban anything more than tiny amounts of trans fats at the city's 20,000 restaurants. New York would become the first large American ...

All of Massachusetts may soon become a trans fat-free zone. The state's public health commissioner responded enthusiastically Wednesday to a lawmaker's request that his agency impose a statewide ban ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many snack foods and spreads on the market are now free of artery-clogging trans fat, but consumers still need to be savvy label-readers, according to researchers. Sign up ...

As the debate over trans fats continues, a growing number of restaurants are joining the ranks of Jason’s Deli, Kentucky Fried Chicken, McDonald’s, Starbuck’s, and Taco Bell in deciding to rid their ...