The difference between these two comes down to the placement of a hydrogen atom; cis fats, found in natural foods like fish or walnuts, have a kink in their structure caused by two side-by-side ...

The structure of saturated and trans fats lets them stack together easily, which makes them solid at room temperature. Unsaturated fats, on the other hand, are “messier,” with bends in their ...

Saturated fat is bad, and the key to why is found in its biochemical structure. When fat is saturated, it means all the carbon binding sites are filled (saturated) with hydrogen.

There is a family of trans fats, known as conjugated linoleic acids (CLAs), that not only appear to fight heart disease, but also cancer, obesity, and diabetes (SN: 3/3/01, p. 136: The Good Trans ...

A draft UN declaration to eliminate trans-fatty acids from global diets has elicited a sharp reaction from experts who claim ...

Researchers measured blood levels of elaidic acid, the most common trans fats, in 1,628 men and women 60 and older and free of dementia. Over the following 10 years, 377 developed some type of ...

"Trans fats introduce a structure of fat that's abnormal in the body, and that raises the risk of heart disease, maybe even a little bit more than saturated fat does," says Dr. Marion Nestle, a ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Local bans on artery-clogging trans fats in restaurant foods led to fewer heart attacks and strokes in several New York counties, a new study suggests.

Eating a lot of trans-fat can raise levels of LDL (known as "bad") cholesterol and lower levels of HDL (known as "good") cholesterol in your blood, so the American Heart Association recommends ...

Salk scientists have tracked the flow of trans fats using mouse models to describe the molecular mechanisms that cause trans fats to promote atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD ...