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You might have heard your grandparents talk about cooking with beef fat. They were likely referring to beef tallow, a fat once commonly used in stews,...

Silent heart disease is a dangerous condition that can happen when you develop coronary artery disease (CAD) without noticing any symptoms. Because you...

Your cholesterol levels are an important health marker — in fact, if you’re a healthy adult, you should have them checked every four to six years. That’s...

When you hear the word “fat,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? For many people, it might bring up thoughts of greasy fast food or poor health. Sadly,...

You may have a lot of goals when you eat. You may tailor your diet to lose or gain weight, put on muscle, fuel up for a workout, avoid an allergy, limit...

If you’re 20 years old or older, your doctor has probably recommended that you have your blood tested to check your cholesterol.  When you look at your...

Our hearts beat about 100,000 times each day (maybe more if you enjoy horror movies). Despite being extremely complex, our hearts are exceptionally reliable....

These days, if you don’t want to go to a lab to leave a urine sample or have blood drawn, you don’t have to. You can test yourself at home for a wide range...

Inside your body, a similar problem can strike in different areas. Heart disease affects your heart. Stroke affects your brain. And peripheral artery disease...

What came first, the chicken or the egg? While this controversy seems to have been answered by scientists (a proto-chicken), eggs still seem to be quite...