Don't Trade One Bad Fat For Another

The trans fats in many foods we eat have gotten a lot of attention lately as being especially bad for us.

But, as you reduce the trans fats in your diet, you don't want to replace them with other fats that may be just as bad.

And, says Early Show medical correspondent Dr. Emily Senay, the American Heart Association is so concerned, it's started a campaign to make the public aware of the possibility and urge us not to go that route.

The campaign is called Face the Fats and features two animated characters named The Fats Brothers!

On The Early Show Friday, Senay discussed the dangers of both trans fats and saturated fats, the harm in substituting one for the other, and how much of either is OK to eat, and which foods and nutrients to eat more of. To watch the segment,

To use the heart association's personalized fats calculator to get an an idea of what your own intake should be, click here.

For "Fats 101," from the association, click here.

For more from the AHA on trans fats, click here.

And for more from the AHA on saturated fats, click here.