Trans fats give food a thicker, richer taste. Foods with trans fats last a lot longer on the shelves of your grocery store. But the chemical make up of trans fats can be very bad for your heart, because these fats have all the "bad" cholesterol of saturated fats like butter, and, additionally, they can lower "good cholesterol" and increase inflammation.
Some food factories and some fast food chains have removed or reduced the amount of trans fats in the food they offer. But many haven’t done so.
Here, finally, is a straightforward list of 22 foods with high trans fat content.
French fries
Anything fried or battered
Pie and piecrust
Margarine sticks
Shortening
Cake mixes and frostings
Pancakes and waffles (even homemade mixes for pancakes)
Fried chicken
Ice cream
Non-dairy creamers
Microwave popcorn
Biscuits and sweet rolls
Cookies
Ground beef
Breakfast sandwiches
Frozen or creamy beverages
Meat sticks
Asian crunchy noodles
Frozen dinners
Crackers
Canned chili (get turkey chili instead)
Packaged pudding
Summarized from:
http://health.yahoo.net/articles/nutrition/photos/22-worst-foods-trans-fat
Some food factories and some fast food chains have removed or reduced the amount of trans fats in the food they offer. But many haven’t done so.
Here, finally, is a straightforward list of 22 foods with high trans fat content.
French fries
Anything fried or battered
Pie and piecrust
Margarine sticks
Shortening
Cake mixes and frostings
Pancakes and waffles (even homemade mixes for pancakes)
Fried chicken
Ice cream
Non-dairy creamers
Microwave popcorn
Biscuits and sweet rolls
Cookies
Ground beef
Breakfast sandwiches
Frozen or creamy beverages
Meat sticks
Asian crunchy noodles
Frozen dinners
Crackers
Canned chili (get turkey chili instead)
Packaged pudding
Summarized from:
http://health.yahoo.net/articles/nutrition/photos/22-worst-foods-trans-fat
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