what's the difference between trans fats and saturated fats?

Answer 1

Hi horizon, you need know, that there is a good trans fats and bad trans fats. There is some evidence that the good trans can help you with fat loss, muscle building, and even cancer prevention, while the bad trans fats have been shown to cause heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and the general blubbering of your body.

The bad trans fats I'm referring to are the man-made kind. These are represented by any artificially hydrogenated oils. The main culprits are margarine, shortening, and partially hydrogenated oils that are in most processed foods, junk foods, and deep fried foods. These hydrogenated oils are highly processed using harsh chemical solvents like hexane (a component of gasoline), high heat, pressure, have a metal catalyst added, and are then deodorized and bleached.

Natural trans fats are created in the stomachs of ruminant animals like cattle, sheep, goats, etc. and make their way into the fat stores of the animals. Therefore, the milk fat and the fat within the meat of these animals can provide natural healthy trans fats. Natural trans fats in your diet have been thought to have some potential benefit to aid in both muscle building and fat loss efforts. However, keep in mind that the quantity of healthy trans fats in the meat and dairy of ruminant animals is greatly reduced by mass-production methods of farming and their grain and soy heavy diets.Please look article: http://www.askedweb.com/askedweb/Healthy_Trans_Fats_Vs_Unhealthy_Trans_Fats_Revealed/

Saturated fat is fat that consists of triglycerides containing only saturated fatty acids. Saturated fats are usually solid or almost solid at room temperature. All animal fats, such as those in meat, poultry, and dairy products are saturated. Processed and fast foods are also saturated. Vegetable oils also can be saturated. Palm, palm kernel and coconut oils are saturated vegetable oils. (Fats containing mostly unsaturated fat can be made more saturated through a process called "hydrogenation."
Jason Homan

Answer 2

Saturated fats are those that usually come from animal sources or certain plants. The idea is if it's solid at room temperature, then it's a saturated fat. These are unhealthy fats and can lead to heart disease. Unsaturated fats are those that come from plant sources and are liquid at room temperature. Most of these are good for you and some like olive oil are great for your heart. Trans fats are when they take an unsaturated fat and turn it into a saturated fat. An example is margarine or vegetable shortening. These are even worse than saturated fats because they don't break down in the body. Now when it comes to labels, by law if the serving size contains less than 0.5 grams of trans fats it can be listed as being "trans fat free".

Answer 3

Fat molocules have long chains of carbon and hydrogen. Each carbon in a saturated fat is bonded with two hydrogens and two other carbons (except the ones at the either end, of course). In an unsaturated fat, there are fewer hydrogen molecules, so some of the carbons are double-bonded to eachother, instead of to two hydrogens. Double bonds can have an alternate configuration, causing the chain to 'twist' - a chain with such a bond in the 'trans' configuration makes a fat a transfat.