clubbingirl Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 whats trans fat? i assume its the kind of fat that you don't want... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix_Leiter Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 worst fat..fried foods..it is a man made fat so your body has a hard time processing it..u can identify trans fatty foods by looking at labels - watch out for "partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, soybean oil"; etc..also, take the total fat content and subract saturated and unsaturated fat and you will know the trans fat contentin a year or so..all food will have to state their trans fat content by law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubbingirl Posted February 23 Author Report Share Posted February 23 gotcha. yeah, cause i only recently kept seeing it on everything at the grocery store. thanx tiger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix_Leiter Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 gotcha. yeah, cause i only recently kept seeing it on everything at the grocery store. thanx tiger.grrr grrr baby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubbingirl Posted February 23 Author Report Share Posted February 23 not grrr, rarrrrrrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix_Leiter Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 rarrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoxikated Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 oreos are loaded with trans-fat...the most fattening food ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghhhhhost Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 throw some high fructose corn syrup in with some trans fatty acids...and ur fuckin livin it up like reuben studdard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elitesnautica Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 I will keep this extremely short b/c I am tiredtrans fat is short for TRANS unsaturated fatty acids. There are two basic categories of fats. Saturated and unsaturated fat. A few years back it was thought that saturated was bad and unsaturated was good.If you have even a very basic chem background, this is very simple and easy to understand.The sat is bad b/c the Carbon - Carbon bonds join at 109 degrees and a long chain will form a zig zag. This makes two molecules of this easy to stack or stick to each other. This stacking is what clogs arteries.Recently researchers have found that not all types of unsaturated fats are good.There are two types of unsaturated. CIS and TRANS. I do not want to go into the molecular structure of the two compounds but basically the double bond arrangment in the CIS molecule does NOT allow the fat molecules to stack to it will not clog arteries. However, the TRANS configuration is more prone to stacking than even saturated fats, so this type of fat is worse than saturated.Also, not only does the CIS not stack, but if it is taken into the blood stream it will bind with existing fat in the arteries and help remove it from the system.Nauticabtw - I am very tired so I am not going to reveiw what I just wrote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ou812 Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 I've also read that high heating (cooking) of even good-fat containing oils like extra virgin olive oils can hydrogenate the fats in them and make them bad. Is this true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcukchris Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 Trans fatty acids, also known as trans fat, is an artery-clogging fat that is formed when vegetable oils are hardened into margarine or shortening. It is found in many other foods besides margarine and shortening, however, including fried foods like french fries and fried chicken, doughnuts, cookies, pastries and crackers. In the United States, typical french fries have about 40 percent trans fatty acids and many popular cookies and crackers range from 30 percent to 50 percent trans fatty acids. Doughnuts have about 35 percent to 40 percent trans fatty acids.Trans fat is known to increase blood levels of low density lipoprotein (LDL), or "bad" cholesterol, while lowering levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL), known as "good" cholesterol. It can also cause major clogging of arteries, type 2 diabetes and other serious health problems, and was found to increase the risk of heart disease. Many food companies use trans fat instead of oil because it reduces cost, extends storage life of products and can improve flavor and texture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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