Good riddance to trans!The partially hydrogenated oils in margarine, shortening, french fries, and thousands of processed foods contain trans fat trans fat n. 1. A trans fatty acid. 2. Trans fatty acids considered as a group. trans fat A fat containing trans fatty acids. . Twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. ago, scientists (including me) thought trans was innocuous. Since then, we've learned otherwise. In the late 1980s, studies began to show that trans fat actually promotes heart disease. In 1993, that evidence led us to ask the Food and Drug Administration to require food labels to disclose trans levels. Trans fat is at least as bad as saturated fat saturated fat, any solid fat that is an ester of glycerol and a saturated fatty acid. The molecules of a saturated fat have only single bonds between carbon atoms; if double bonds are present in the fatty acid portion of the molecule, the fat is said to be , since it raises LDL LDL - ["LDL: A Logic-Based Data-Language", S. Tsur et al, Proc VLDB 1986, Kyoto Japan, Aug 1986, pp.33-41]. ("bad") cholesterol about as much as sat fat does. That was reason enough for the National Academy of Sciences to recommend in 2002 that people consume as little trans as possible. Newer evidence indicates that trans may be even more harmful than saturated fat. Unlike sat fat, trans lowers blood levels of HDL (Hardware Description Language) A language used to describe the functions of an electronic circuit for documentation, simulation or logic synthesis (or all three). Although many proprietary HDLs have been developed, Verilog and VHDL are the major standards. ("good") cholesterol. And several large epidemiological studies suggest that trans fat poses an even greater heart disease risk than its effects on cholesterol levels would explain. (Of course, it's always possible that something else about people who eat more trans contributes to their higher risk.) Indeed, last April an advisory committee to the FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. concluded that frans fat is worse than saturated fat. The bottom line: trans fat could be causing 20,000 or more deaths a year. That's why we recently petitioned the FDA to prohibit the use of partially hydrogenated oils. Some companies are already headed down that road. Among the foods that are, or are soon to be, almost or totally trans-free: most Frito-Lay chips, Triscuits, some Oreos, Promise margarine, and I Can't Believe It's Not Butter This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. . Crisco now has a trans-free version. And Ruby Tuesday's has switched to (trans-free) canola oil for its fried foods. I hope you will join our campaign to get rid of partially hydrogenated oils. Please mail the coupon or send a letter, fax, or e-mail. To learn (and do) more, go to www.transfreeAmerica.org. |
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