The fight over the amount of trans fat in America's diet is hotter than ever -- both on supermarket shelves and in the halls of the federal government. A food advocacy group petitioned the Food ...

What Are Trans Fats? You eat several kinds of dietary fats in your diet. Some are good for you, others not so much. Trans fats, or trans-fatty acids, are a type of fat that fall into the ...

Trans fats actually occur naturally in animal fat and dairy, but at much smaller concentrations than the amount used in processed foods. Trans fats also have no nutritional value.

Last week, Kraft Foods, the leading food manufacturer in the nation, said it planned to reformulate many of its most popular products, which include Oreos, to reduce levels of trans fats.

The food industry is asking the Food and Drug Administration to approve continued use of trans fats in some consumer products, ranging from pie crust mixes, to cookies, to marinated artichoke ...

Some common grocery store foods contain much higher levels of heart-hazardous trans fats than you think. Here’s how to spot it on the label.

A long-awaited federal report on trans fat, a processed fat pervasive in cookies, crackers and fast food, finds there is no safe level and recommends that people eat as little of it as possible ...

Food makers once used artificial trans fats to enhance the flavor, texture, and shelf life of processed foods. You might have seen those trans fats listed as "partially hydrogenated oils." ...

Trans fats actually occur naturally in animal fat and dairy, but at much smaller concentrations than the amount used in processed foods. Trans fats also have no nutritional value. While saturated ...

Many restaurants and fast-food joints fry their french fries, fish, chicken and doughnuts in partially hydrogenated oils and shortenings, making these foods filled with trans fats. The FDA is ...

What you eat can affect your prostate health, for better or worse. Prostate-friendly foods can aid in recovery from prostate ...