Like dietary cholesterol, saturated fat can raise blood cholesterol.

Scientific studies demonstrated that trans fat could raise cholesterol levels and increase the risk of heart disease.

"Across the board, too much saturated fat will raise levels of LDL cholesterol," he says.

Saturated fat can raise your cholesterol.

As with meat fat, half the fat in cheese is saturated and thus can raise cholesterol levels in the blood.

Eating too much saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol can raise your cholesterol.

Yet there is mounting evidence that trans fats raise the risk of heart disease, the number one cause of death for American men and women.

Saturated fat and trans fat in the diet can raise blood cholesterol, though they are not the same thing as cholesterol.

Saturated fats raise the level of cholesterol in the bloodstream; cholesterol has been identified as a major contributor to heart attacks.

Still, even at low levels, trans fats do raise bad cholesterol, and no matter how you slice it, that's bad news.