Avoid Trans Fat at All Cost

Trans fat is created by modern technology and is foreign to the human body. Basically, trans fat, also known as trans fatty acid, is made when manufacturers add hydrogen to liquid vegetable oils to make the oils more solid in a chemical process called hydrogenation. Hydrogenation increases the shelf life of the vegetable oils containing these fats. Hydrogenated vegetable fats are used as they are claimed to give food desirable taste, shape and texture. Trans fat can be found in vegetable shortenings, some margarines, crackers, cookies, potato chips, microwave popcorn and other foods made with or fried in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils. Unlike other fats, the majority of trans fat is formed when food manufacturers turn liquid oils into solid fats like shortenin View the rest of this article