Understanding Your Fats

Lowering fat in your diet is an important way to help lower your cholesterol.

It's important to watch your fat intake if you are trying to lower high cholesterol. These tips will help you to cut fat out of your diet -- and help lower your risk of heart disease.

Saturated fat, unsaturated fat, trans fat…no matter which type of fat it was, you were probably told to stay away from anything that had fat in it …

Unsaturated fats, saturated fats...we see them on the back of many of food labels, but what do they mean? This handy guide will help you to distinguish between "good" fats and "bad" fats on all of your favorite foods.

Foods that are high in saturated fat should be avoided if you are following a low cholesterol diet.

Foods that are high in trans fats should be avoided if you are following a low cholesterol diet.

Foods that are high in unsaturated fats are heart healthy -- and they can help you lower cholesterol levels.

The differences between monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats lie in their structures.

Studies suggest that olestra may help to lower cholesterol levels.

You see many words on food packages, such as "low fat" and "fat free". But what do they say about the fat contaent of your favorite foods?

While a cholesterol lowering diet should contain fat free foods, this can sometimes be deceiving. Just because something is labeled as fat free, doesn't mean that it actually is.

Share your experiences on including olestra in a low fat diet.

When a food label states that it is "low cholesterol", what does that really mean?

Reduced saturated fat, low in saturated fat...although these nutrient claims sound like your food does not have saturated fat in it, they do have specific meanings.