Yahoo: What's More Important for Heart Health: Lowering Dietary Cholesterol or Saturated Fat? What's More Important for Heart Health: Lowering Dietary Cholesterol or Saturated Fat? Yahoo: Is saturated fat back on the menu?

Understanding the Context

What to know as RFK Jr. touts whole milk and beef tallow Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saturated fats, which include butter, lard and shortening, are solid at room temperature. (Steve Wisbauer / Getty Images) (Steve ...

Key Insights

Is saturated fat back on the menu? What to know as RFK Jr. touts whole milk and beef tallow Avocados are healthy, but many other nutrient-dense fats can also support heart and overall health. Healthy fats like olive oil, walnuts, seeds, sardines, egg yolks, and full-fat yogurt provide good ... Avocados have about 9.5 grams of healthy fats per half-fruit serving.

Final Thoughts

Some nuts, seeds, and oils can provide even more healthy fat per serving. When new dietary guidelines for Americans came out in early January, I couldn’t help but notice “healthy fats” at the top of the inverted food pyramid. Like the food pyramid itself, the new guidelines ...