Avocado is great, but sometimes you need to branch out.

Looking at nutrition labels can be confusing, as foods with high amounts of total fat won’t necessarily make you fat. Saturated fat and trans fat are two artery-clogging types that you should severely ...

Avocados, fatty fish, salad dressing, nuts and yogurt are high-fat foods that can support weight loss. Fat provides energy and helps your body absorb some nutrients. Fat can help enhance flavor in ...

Avocados are one of the healthiest high-fat foods you can eat. However, there are plenty of other nutrient-dense fats to include in meals and snacks. Here are eight healthy fats worth adding to your ...

When new dietary guidelines for Americans came out in early January, I couldn’t help but notice “healthy fats” at the top of the inverted food pyramid. Like the food pyramid itself, the new guidelines ...

Oct. 4, 2004 -- A high intake of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fat, particularly cis fat, is associated with a reduced risk of gallstone disease, according to the results of a prospective, ...

There may be no nutrient more maligned than fat. In the 90s, it was widely believed we needed to avoid fat at all costs, and food products branded as “low-fat” were everywhere. By the 2010s, the ...

Lindsey DeSoto, RD, is a nutrition writer, medical reviewer, and registered dietitian who helps clients improve their diet for health-related reasons. Her writing covers a variety of topics, including ...