Trans fat foods

Author: Riley Pearce Social Media Director Personal Trainer - Byward Market If the rise of the ketogenic diet’s popularity has done anything (don’t worry this isn’t another keto diet blog), it has restarted the conversation about fats. More specifically good fats vs. bad fats. We have touched on some of this in

Many of us have heard a lot about trans fats; some of us even know that they are unhealthy. But do you know why? Well, transfat is used in many food items to improve the texture, increase the shelf life and bring flavour – especially to the fried food items. Trans fats are formed during hydrogenation (a process in which hydrogen is added to vegetable oil). This will increase the shelf life of the oil and the products made with it.

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This form of unsaturated fat, also known as trans-unsaturated fatty acids or trans fatty acids, became a standard everyday food item in the 1950s, with the emergence of fast food restaurants.

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Simple Infographics about Trans Fat

We hear a lot about fat these days. Some fat is good, some fat is bad (looking at you, trans fat). So what’s what when it comes to fats — and why? Fat is an essential element to cooking your favorite dishes and naturally occurring in foods, but the word fat itself doesn’t exactly scream healthy. We’ve been conditioned to think all fat is bad. It’s actually more complex than that. Some foods claim fame to good fat, the unsaturated nice guys. Others have a bad rap because of partially…

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