Omega-3 fatty acids are essential fats that support a wide range of healthy functions in the body. At the same time, ...

Fatty acids are organic acids with at least one carboxyl (-C(=O)OH, -COOH or -CO2H) group and a long carbon chain that can be joined by double bonds, as in unsaturated fatty acids, or single bonds ...

Researchers at Osaka University identified a degradation factor for SREBP1 as essential for maintaining the balance of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids in adipose tissue. This discovery may ...

A 2018 study by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, which followed 1,20,000 men and women for over 20 years, found ...

Uncertain about which cooking oil you should use when your cholesterol levels are disrupted? Our expert revealed six healthy ...

Jamaica is a step closer to developing policy to eliminate trans-fatty acids or trans-fats from the local food system. The ...

This process also rearranges the molecular shape of the remaining unsaturated fats. The resulting shape is an abnormal "trans" shape. Trans fatty acids constitute up to 60 percent of the fat in ...