Soon to be banned by the FDA, artificial trans fat is the most dangerous fat in our food supply. It’s linked to heart disease, strokes, and diabetes. Because trans fat comes from partially hydrogenated oils, you can find it by checking nutritional labels on foods. There’s no such things as am acceptable amount of it; it’s all bad.
Key Takeaways:
- Artificial trans fats come from partially hydrogenated oils, which are made by a process using hydrogen gas to turn liquid vegetable oils into solids. The fats extend a food’s shelf life and improve flavor and texture.
- The trick to finding trans fats: read the ingredient lists on Nutrition Facts labels. If partially hydrogenated oil is among the ingredients, you’ll know the food contains trans fat, even if the label states that a serving has zero grams of trans fat.
- Partially hydrogenated oils won’t go away until the middle of 2018, so we still have to be vigilant about consuming them. They’re out there, although you’re more likely to spot them in ingredient lists rather than trans fat listings.
“The trick to finding trans fats: read the ingredient lists on Nutrition Facts labels.”
http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/how-much-artificial-trans-fat-is-still-in-our-food-2016121410859