Maligned for decades, the message from many health organizations has been the same: reduce or cut the fat. However, the idea of fat as universally "bad" simply isn't true.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest has asked the Food and Drug Administration to get rid of partially hydrogenated oil altogether. In the meantime, avoid products like these.

A friend recently related a story how she was utterly shocked when, at age 19, for the first time in her life, she realized that mashed potatoes don't come from a box.

It may seem obvious that banning trans fats would make foods healthier, but initially, I did not think it would be so.

LOS ANGELES — Holy fish sticks! Scientists finally have some good news about fat in our foods. Contrary to fears, most food manufacturers and r...

Trans fats lurk in cookies, crackers, pizza dough, fried foods, donuts... hell, let's just say if it tastes great and you feel guilty eating it, it could have trans fat written all over it (in grease pen, natch).