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Fat Intake Doesn't Affect Weight Gain, Study Finds

If you've been striving to keep your heart healthy, you know that eating a diet low in unhealthy fats is important. But what you might not know is ... Read More »

Lose Belly Fat: Trans-Fat

Surprising Solutions Of course, there are always extreme cases in which diet and exercise are simply not enough for decreasing dangerous levels ... Read More »

Lose Belly Fat

In a recent AOL poll, we asked our readers to tell us what their least favorite body parts were. The overwhelming answer? "My belly!" But the ... Read More »

Fat: How Much Should I Eat Daily?

Fats are part of a healthy diet and help supply energy and nutrients to the body, but it's the type of fat and the amount consumed each day that are ... Read More »

Palm Oil: Better Than Trans Fat?

Make it your mission to read (and understand) food labels. Photo: Getty Images Partially hydrogenated oil ... Read More »

Fat deserves much better

Fat. Talk about a word that unjustly carries a negative connotation. When someone is overweight, they are considered "fat." When a food is unhealthy, ... Read More »

Finally: McDonalds loses the trans fat

After dragging their feet for months, McDonald's has finally caught up with their competitors. The fast food restaurant has changed the oil they use ... Read More »

Is coconut oil a cocoNOT?

Healthy or not healthy? It's a pretty easy question to answer when you're comparing apples to, say, a candy bar. But when you take a look at coconuts, ... Read More »

The five reasons you might die young

We'd all like to know that we're going to make it to our retirement and still have a few good years in us to finally enjoy some time off. But the sad ... Read More »

Trans fat slow in being phased out

The trans fat ban has been in effect in many major restaurant chains (and health conscious households) for quite some time now. People are becoming ... Read More »