Dietary Fats

• Latest News
• Eating Trans Fats Inhibits Learning (10/27/2004, United Press International)
• Unsaturated Fats Cut Gallstone Disease Risk in Men (10/04/2004, Reuters Health)

• Overviews
• Fats: The Good and the Bad (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Know Your Fats (American Heart Association)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Lipid Profile (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• Triglycerides Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Dietary Fats (National Institutes of Health)

• Prevention/Screening
• Lipid Panel Test: Gauging Your Heart Disease Risk (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

• Nutrition
• Canola Oil: Is It Bad for You? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Extra-Virgin Olive Oil: Does It Have More Health Benefits? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Fat in Your Diet: Grams vs. Percentages (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Fat Substitutes (American Heart Association)
• Fats & Cholesterol -- The Good, The Bad, and The Healthy Diet (Harvard School of Public Health)
• Fats and Oils to Choose (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Flax: What Are the Health Benefits? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Low-Fat Foods: Not Always Low in Calories (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• New Guidelines Focus on Fish, Fish Oil, Omega-3 Fatty Acids (American Heart Association)

• Related Issues
• Elevated Triglycerides and Diet (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Examples of Revised Nutrition Facts Panel Listing Trans Fat (Food and Drug Administration)
• Margarine vs. Butter: Which Is Better for Your Heart? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Questions and Answers about Trans Fat Nutrition Labeling (Food and Drug Administration)
• Revealing Trans Fats (Food and Drug Administration)
• Trans Fat Now Listed with Saturated Fat and Cholesterol on the Nutrition Facts Label (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)
• Trans Fatty Acids, Butter and Margarine (American Heart Association)
• Triglycerides (American Heart Association)
• What Every Consumer Should Know about Trans Fatty Acids (Food and Drug Administration)

• Research
• Lipids Get the Spotlight in New NIGMS 'Glue Grant' (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)

• Organizations
• American Heart Association
• Food and Drug Administration
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

• Children
• Fat on Formula: The Story Behind Infant Formula Supplemented with Lipids and Mental Development (American Academy of Pediatrics)

• Teenagers
• Figuring Out Fat and Calories (Nemours Foundation)

• Information from the Medical Encyclopedia
• Dietary Fats