Fat replacers and emulsion technology are gaining attention in the meat industry as consumers increasingly seek healthier options without compromising on taste and texture. Traditional meat ...

Here’s some good news for anyone still holding on to their post-holiday weight loss resolution: That low-fat cheese you’ve been forcing yourself to eat probably isn’t as healthy as you think.

Fat around the organs has already been posited a contributor to mortality (heart disease, diabetes, vascular problems). Now this is a new possibility of the places in the body we find fatty ...

Saturated fat is any dietary fat that is solid at room temperature. Common sources include meat, dairy, and butter, as well as some tropical plant oils, such as coconut and palm oil. All fats ...

“When you’re eating all these highly processed, high fat, high sugar foods, insulin goes into overdrive, which creates insulin resistance, then excess blood sugar, and then fatty liver ...

Here’s how it works. While some organs, like the brain, work continuously, other body tissues, like muscle and fat, can enter an inactive state. Muscles are typically inactive except during ...

Determining the total fat content in food and feed samples is a routine procedure for quality control labs in the food industry and third-party contract labs. Traditional methods require that ...

You don’t need a cookie,'” she claimed. Struthers added, “Totally fat-shamed me in front of the rest of the people in the room. And I thought, ‘Gosh, that’s not nice.'” Struthers ...

Last month, the agency updated the definitions of the term “healthy” for labeling on foods, which tightened limits on saturated fat, sugar and salt in food. In August, the F.D.A. issued ...

The study was published Jan. 28 in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Previous research has shown that during fibrosis, fat cells in the skin called adipocytes are depleted. Why that happens ...

What's more, though is that 'muscles also have a higher metabolic rate than fat,' says Mir Ali, MD, medical director of MemorialCare Surgical Weight Loss Center at Orange Coast Medical Center in ...