--- title: Why Low-Fat Diets Might Not Solve Your Health Problems description: A new study reveals that a low-fat diet might not be as beneficial as we once thought. canonical: https://time.com/3703496/low-fat-diet-health-study/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-10T18:39:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T04:18:25.084Z article:section: Health og:title: Why Low-Fat Diets Might Not Solve Your Health Problems og:description: Low-Fat may not be synonymous with heart-healthy anymore og:url: https://time.com/3703496/low-fat-diet-health-study/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9ca18baa8f5da67/69877e7dcd68487ff00999e3/wordpress.jpeg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Low-Fat Debate og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why Low-Fat Diets Might Not Solve Your Health Problems twitter:description: Low-Fat may not be synonymous with heart-healthy anymore twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9ca18baa8f5da67/69877e7dcd68487ff00999e3/wordpress.jpeg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Know Right Now: Why Low-Fat Diets Might Not Solve Your Health Problems ## Video: The Truth About Fat [Watch (HLS stream): The Truth About Fat](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/uYGhfNfS.m3u8) (5:15)  _Published 2014-06-12. When you want to lose weight or get healthy, what is the first thing you would normally cut from your diet? If you said fat, you're not alone_ by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Feb 10, 2015 6:39 PM UTC  Getty Images by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Feb 10, 2015 6:39 PM UTC A new study reveals that [a low-fat diet might not be as beneficial as we once thought](http://time.com/3702058/dietary-guidelines-fat-wrong/). To find out more about why low-fat might not be the answer, watch today’s Know Right Now above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3703496/low-fat-diet-health-study/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3703496/low-fat-diet-health-study/"},"headline":"Know Right Now: Why Low-Fat Diets Might Not Solve Your Health Problems","datePublished":"2015-02-10T18:39:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:18:25.084Z","description":"Low-Fat may not be synonymous with heart-healthy anymore","url":"https://time.com/3703496/low-fat-diet-health-study/","keywords":["Know Right Now","fat","Nutrition","Science topic","Weight loss","health","diets"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9ca18baa8f5da67/69877e7dcd68487ff00999e3/wordpress.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9ca18baa8f5da67/69877e7dcd68487ff00999e3/wordpress.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Low-Fat Debate","caption":"","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/know-right-now/","name":"Know Right Now"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3703496/low-fat-diet-health-study/","name":"Know Right Now: Why Low-Fat Diets Might Not Solve Your Health Problems"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Truth About Fat","description":"When you want to lose weight or get healthy, what is the first thing you would normally cut from your diet? If you said fat, you're not alone","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/uYGhfNfS/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-06-12T14:12:58.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/uYGhfNfS.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3703496/low-fat-diet-health-study/","duration":"PT5M15S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3703496/low-fat-diet-health-study/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```