Trans Fat Labels and Cholesterol:Less Trans Fat Lower Cholesterol

Trans fat Labels: Less Trans Fat Lower Cholesterol

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You Need To Know What Food Has Trans Fats Since They Raise Bad Cholesterol, Even Vegetable Oil Can Raise Your Cholesterol

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Food nutrition labels now appear on the food items you buy at the supermarket. The nutrition labels provide valuable information including how much trans fat can be found in the food. That's good because trans fats in food lead to increased cholesterol in people. McDonald's, Kellogg and many others in the food business are phasing into non trans fat cooking oils.

Major Food Sources of Trans Fat for American Adults
(Average Daily Trans Fat Intake is 5.8 Grams or 2.6 Percent of Calories)

Processed, fried and baked foods stay fresher longer and resist heat better when the oil in them is treated by a chemical process called hydrogenation. Basically, more hydrogen molecules are added to the oils that are used in food making. So even though an oil can be a vegetable oil, it may be hydrogenated and result in hydrogenated vegetable oil. Hydrogenation of oil causes the creation of trans fats

1. Doctors and nutrition gurus want people to stop eating trans fats. In fact, the FDA is mandating that trans fat content should be available on food labels. What is so bad about trans fats anyway?

   Trans fats raise bad cholesterol levels

   Trans fats lower good cholesterol levels

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2. What foods contain trans fats?

   Dairy and meat products

   Processed snack foods and fried foods

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3. Why should animal products contain trans fats? They are not maufactured.

   The farmers are feeding trans fats to their herds

   The digestive system of the animals produces some trans fats naturally

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4. What foods can harbor a high content of trans fats?

   potato chips

   french fries

   donuts

   crackers

   rice

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