HealthDay Saturated fats, long considered a dietary no-no, appeared to pose no additional risk for heart disease according to recent research, Chowdhury said. They carried about the same cardiac risk as unsaturated fats, omega-3 fatty acids and omega-6 fatty acids .
TIME Not all fats are created equal, especially when it comes to their effects on the heart. The good ones—like omega-3 fatty acids , which are found in salmon and other fish, and plant oils—tend not to gum up our heart vessels and cause plaques like the ...