You may have heard a doctor say that your “good cholesterol is too low” or your “bad cholesterol is too high,” leaving you wondering how the two can be so different when both are called cholesterol.

Millions of Americans get a cholesterol reading every year and have no framework for what those numbers mean at their specific age. The American Heart Association and federal health authorities set ...

Medically reviewed by Roxana Ehsani, RDBeef tallow, a traditional cooking fat, is high in saturated fats that can increase ...