What Is Trans Fat?

Answer 1

Q: What ARE trans fatty acids?

A: Trans fatty acids (or "trans fat") are fats found in foods such as vegetable shortening, some margarines, crackers, candies, baked goods, cookies, snack foods, fried foods, salad dressings, and many processed foods.

Q: Why should I care about trans fat?

A: It's important to know about trans fat because there is a direct, proven relationship between diets high in trans fat content and LDL ("bad") cholesterol levels and, therefore, an increased risk of coronary heart disease - a leading cause of death in the US.

Q: Aren't ALL fats bad?

A: No. There are "good" fats and "bad" ones, just like there's good and bad blood cholesterol. Saturated fats and trans fat have bad effects on cholesterol levels. Polyunsaturated fats and monounsaturated fats (such as olive oil, canola oil, soybean oil, and corn oil) have good effects.

Q: How much trans fat is too much?

A: There is research currently underway to determine this. However, it is true and accurate to say that the less saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol consumed the better. Trans fat while pervasive in many of the foods we eat is not "essential" to any healthy diet.

Q: How can consumers know if a product contains trans fat if it's not identified on the nutrition label?

A: Consumers can know if a food contains trans fat by looking at the ingredient list on the food label. If the ingredient list includes the words "shortening," "partially hydrogenated vegetable oil" or "hydrogenated vegetable oil," the food contains trans fat. Because ingredients are listed in descending order of predominance, smaller amounts are present when the ingredient is close to the end of the list.

Q: Do restaurants have to list the fat content of their foods?

A: No. But it's a good tip to always ask which fats are being used to prepare the food you order.

trans fats are the worst kinds of fats
trans fats are fats that are chemically altered to make products because they are cheap to make

Answer 2

In each serving there is a small amount of trans fat, something like 0.01 or whatever. The amount is so insignificant that they say 0 grams. Therefore if you eat enough servings you would eventually reach a significant amount of trans fat.

Answer 3

Q: What is trans fat?

A: Trans fat (also known as trans fatty acids) is a specific type of fat formed when liquid oils are made into solid fats like shortening and hard margarine. However, a small amount of trans fat is found naturally, primarily in some animal-based foods.

Where will I find trans fat?

Vegetable shortenings, some margarines, crackers cookies, snack foods, and other foods made with or fried in partially hydrogenated oils. Trans fat behaves like saturated fat by raising low-density lipoprotein (LDL or "bad") cholesterol that increases your risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Trans fat can be found in some of the same foods as saturated fat, such as vegetable shortenings, some margarines, crackers, candies, cookies, snack foods, fried foods, baked goods, and other processed foods made with partially hydrogenated vegetable oils.

Trans fat is made when hydrogen is added to vegetable oil -- a process called hydrogenation. Hydrogenation increases the shelf life and flavor stability of foods containing these fats. Usually the hydrogen atoms at a double bond are positioned on the same side of the carbon chain. However, partial hydrogenation reconfigures some double bonds and the hydrogen atoms end up on different sides of the chain. This type of configuration is called "trans" (means "across" in Latin). The structure of a trans unsaturated chemical bond looks like the diagram below.

Trans Fat
(i.e., trans fatty acids)

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-C = C-
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H

Hydrogen atoms are on opposite sides of the chain of carbon atoms at the carbon-carbon double bond.


As stated in FDA's labeling regulations, if a fat or oil ingredient is completely hydrogenated, the name in the ingredient list will include the term "hydrogenated." Or, if partially hydrogenated, the name in the ingredient list will include the term "partially hydrogenated." As stated above, oil that is partially hydrogenated is a source of trans fat.

Answer 4

there is to kinds of fat good fat badfat! ok ok trans fat is a line of atoms right well the atoms dont bend easy so if they go in your blood streem the wrong way they get stuck which can cloge your blood vain! with good fat it bends easy so it can move throw no problum! trans fat is not natrial good fat is you find it in meat that is not pre cooked or fast food. fast food uses it to much! cuz it tasts better.

Answer 5

Partially Hydrogenated Vegeatble Oil. They are a synthetic fat that is used to solidify foods. Peanut butter is a great example. If you buy JIF it's creamy and smooth b/c/ it has (PHVO) but natural peanut butter does not have (PHVO) and you have to stir it up to get the oils mixed in with the solids. All this synthetic crap wreaks havoc on our bodies because our bodies' aren't capable of digesting it and tons of problems arise in the long term.

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Answer 7

vegetable oil that has been treated with hydrogen in order to make it more solid and give it a longer shelf life and doesn't occur in nature. It causes HEART ATTACK as what I know and its really bad for you. It's either yu minimize your intake or completely avoid!

Answer 8

its bad unhealthy fat that goes right to your tummy and make you look fat, just try not eat it