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You've probably heard the advice a thousand times: swap out butter and lard for vegetable oils, and your heart will thank you ...

Although reported to the point of no longer being newsworthy, it is still shocking that fully one-third of U.S. adults are overweight with another more than one-third (35.7%) being obese. The current ...

We investigated the effects of stearic acid (saturated), oleic acid (monounsaturated), linoleic acid (n-6 polyunsaturated), and α-linolenic acid (n–3 polyunsaturated) on lipid metabolism in a ...

The health benefits of cutting down on dietary saturated fatty acids and including higher levels of unsaturated fatty acids are well documented. Nutritional research is focusing on the effects of ...

A study shows that not all good fats are the same when it comes to protecting your health. For decades, the message about fats has been relatively simple — reduce the amount of oils and fats you eat ...

Some COVID-19 patients go on to develop severe infection with organ failure, potentially leading to death, and one of the contributing factors appears to be toxicity from the release of stored ...

Seed oils are often unfairly labeled as “unhealthy,” despite lack of research to support this claim. Current research shows that seed oils are not linked with inflammation or poor health, and may ...

When highly unsaturated vegetable oils are heated at frying temperature (365 F) for extended periods--or even for half an hour--a highly toxic compound, HNE (4-hydroxy-trans-2-nonenal) forms in the ...

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THE unsaturated fatty acids expected to be present in Hevea latex are very probably oleic, linoleic and linolenic. Altman 1, using a method as described by Hazura, succeeded in showing the presence of ...