You can tell that a product has trans fat in them when you look at the ingredients and you see the words “partially hydrogenated,” mostly in vegetable oils. What trans fats do is increase your LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol) and decreasing your HDL cholesterol (your good cholesterol). It basically does the opposite to the two types of cholesterol than what we want them to do. This in turn, increases the risk of coronary heart disease.
There is some good news though. Starting January 1, 2006, the FDA required that food companies specifically list the amount of trans fats that are in a serving of the product. Another bit of recent news is that starting July 1, 2007, New York city will be the first American city to ban the use of trans fats in foods that are served in restaurants in the city.
So read those nutritional labels! Stay away from foods that contain the word “hydrogenated” in the ingredients listing and you’ll be sure to reduce your chances of bad heart health.
End the week with probably the best picture of the week of the new puppy, Scarlett.
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