For many, there’s nothing quite like the rich, creamy taste of premium ice cream or the melt-in-your-mouth goodness of a hot buttered roll. But while your tastebuds lust for these high-fat flavors, your heart may know something different. Despite suggestions that high-fat dairy is harmless to ingest, the reality is more muddled. High-fat dairy contains palmitic acid, a saturated fat that raises your LDL (bad) cholesterol numbers and thus increases your risk of heart disease. And while nutritionists recognize that a diet that completely denies you some occasional high-fat dairy may be too restrictive for many to sustain, the recommendations are to choose your dairy wisely- for example, opt for the whole milk yogurt rather than the cheese-slathered burger. To find out more, open your menu and click here.

And speaking of fats, a new study out of Japan confirms what you probably already know. Artificial trans fats, those oils that make fast-food fries so hard to resist, have now been found to increase your risk of dementia. While trans fats have been largely banned in the United States, trace amounts can still be found in many foods. Before you take your next bite of that flaky croissant, read here.  And don’t think switching to savory will help. A recent study out of Weill Cornell Medical Center found a causal link between a high salt diet and cognitive decline.

Finally, regarding those foods you simply can’t resist, with today being Halloween you may want to better understand why you can’t help yourself on this sweet-celebrated holiday. So before you unwrap the Reese’s, read about the addictive nature of Halloween candy here.