Trans fats?

Chaneliex5
Chaneliex5 Posts: 17 Member
edited November 9 in Food and Nutrition
should I be concerned when something has 0.02g of trans fat? Just curious.

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  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,252 Member
    Context and dosage reigns. Consumed in moderation, not so much, if it's consumed regularity, possibly.
  • AliceA2013
    AliceA2013 Posts: 65 Member
    edited June 2016
    It's all relative because what matters is the *ratio of "good" cholesterol to "bad" cholesterol in your blood. This *ratio is usually the result of all sources of fat in your diet combined with your own genetic make-up.

    Trans fats, commonly found in pastries, shop-bought biscuits and cakes, fried foods. etc, increase your bad cholesterol and decrease your good cholesterol whilst other types of fat are now thought to be protective.

    The American Heart Association advises you "limit the amount of trans fats to less than 1 percent of your total daily calories. That means if you need about 2,000 calories a day, less than 20 calories (or 2 grams) should come from trans fats." In the UK, Public Health doctors have called on the government to ban trans fats altogether from our British diet.
  • Kobz27
    Kobz27 Posts: 64 Member
    Trans fats are found in mostly garbage food. If you're eating real foods you should never see trans fats
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