Trans fats

Obviously, they're horrible for you. They lower your good cholesterol, raise the bad cholesterol, and hurt basic cell function, which, although it doesn't sound like it, will dramatically hurt you running over time.

But just today I found out that just because it says 0g trans fat on the label doesn't mean it's trans fat free. As long as it's under .5g per serving, the manufacturer can sell it as a trans fat free food. If it says "hydrogenated oil" in the ingredients list, it has trans fat. And although it's probably a tiny amount, it's very difficult for your body to burn it, so over time it builds and builds and builds and builds and builds.....

After reading some of the other things that they do to you, I think I'm going to start completely avoiding them.

huh thanks for the info, I wasn't aware that it still had trans fat when the label said no. My mom is obsessive over trans fats.

dirty liars!!

whats the deal with saturated fats anyway? and how much poly and moly should we be getting? i just tend to eat whatever :/

i heard some type of fat sticks to you and is extremely hard to burn off. im guessing thats trans fat?

Partially Hydrogenated SoyBean Oil and High Fructose Corn Syrup are pretty common ingredients that also have trans fat. I think. But even if they don't have trans fat, they're still very bad and should be avoided.

High fructose corn syrup does not have trans fat.

And to PCNQ, trans fat is really the only fat that you should completely avoid. Mono and polyunsaturated fats help repair cells, and our body is mostly made up of saturated fats, so we need all of those.

nice info HXC.
ill try to keep that in mind.

I eat anything. I ate board-walk food all weekend and it tasted good.

trans= bad.

yeah, it says trans fats are 0. but that is per serving, which is if it is under 1 it is not labeled. so even if it is that smalll it is still bad, and realisticlly how many of us actually eat the serving size?

Thanks for the info.

then Peanut butter has trans fat

xc running gal wrote:then Peanut butter has trans fat

Per serving, it has about .005 grams of trans fat. You'd have to eat an entire jar to even eat .05, ten jars to eat .5, and twenty jars to eat 1 gram. But just to be on the safe side you can buy natural peanut butter which has none.