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January 23, 2026 ByMaureen Salamon, Executive Editor, Harvard Women’s Health Watch

No wonder people are confused about healthy versus unhealthy fats. The latest federal dietary guidelines refer to beef tallow and butter as healthy. (Beef tallow is rendered fat from a cow.) But nutrition and heart experts alike have long encouraged people to steer clear of those animal-based fats, which are high in artery-clogging saturated fat.

Lagos Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Allents at the event. Photo: Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alle

Hippocrates is often credited with saying, “Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.” Now, modern day research is proving there is truth to this ancient wisdom.

Christopher Gardner, the author of Food Sense and director of nutrition studies at Stanford, says we have overcomplicated the question of what to eat

As daylight hours shorten and temperatures drop, seasonal changes, reduced physical activity, and irregular sleep patterns drive increased cravings for sweets and comfort foods across Moldova, according to medical experts.

1. Public Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

A healthy, balanced dietary pattern, rather than one focused on individual nutrients or foods, is key to maintaining heart health, according to a new ACC Scientific Statement on Food and Health: Nutrition for Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular Disease. ” suboptimal diet is a key risk factor for cardiovascular disease and lifestyle modification widely considered…

As the holiday feasting season approaches, you may be wondering if you can veer off from a healthy eating pattern and indulge a bit. But that depends. “Some people are more sensitive than others to salt, saturated fat, or added sugars. Blood pressure or cholesterol can be affected in as little as a few weeks…

When you think about what to eat to keep your muscles strong as you age, protein-rich foods like eggs, chicken, tofu, or protein shakes probably come to mind. And for good reason, as protein is essential for building, repairing, and maintaining muscles.