Confusion often arises in conversations about dietary fat. There are many, e.g., polyunsaturated, monounsaturated, and saturated fats, cis and trans fats, short, medium, and long chain fatty acids, ...

For decades, Americans have avoided saturated fat out of concern it could raise LDL (“bad”) cholesterol, which is linked to heart disease. But newer research suggests that not all forms of saturated ...