Learning More About Trans Fats

Posted by nidan narkhade on March 14th, 2018

It is essential to have a proper knowledge about the food that we intake. The presence of transfats in our body may prove fatal if we don't take necessary steps to have a balanced diet. Here are some kinds of transfats that we need to be aware of.

Trans fat foods

Trans fats are primarily categorized into two categories: naturally occurring and artificial Trans fats. Ones which occur naturally are usually derived from the gut of a few animals and the foods which are created from the same may have some portions of these fats although in smaller amounts. This phenomenon is witnessed in case of milk and other milk products and also in case of meat. Artificial Trans fats are mostly made through industrial systems which ensure the addition of hydrogen as far as liquid vegetable oils are concerned. This increases their overall solidity.
 
Intake of Trans fat foods may be a popular choice but is definitely not a healthy one. Trans fats raise your bad cholesterol levels and lower your good cholesterol levels. The risks of a stroke or even heart ailments go up even more as a result. Trans fat foods can be found in a variety of food products. A few of the key sources comprise of items which are fried such as doughnuts and even those which are baked such as biscuits, cakes, pizza which is frozen and even pie crust. This also includes stick margarine and even regular crackers. Partially hydrogenated and other hydrogenated oils of various types should also be treated Trans fat foods.

Margarine trans fat

As discussed earlier, trans fats are formed when liquid vegetable oils are hardened or hydrogenated to turn them into semi-solid fats. Margarine is a product of vegetable oils, so it is supposed to contain unsaturated “good” fats. Therefore it wins the controversial debate of a better alternative spread for heart against butter. But later on, margarine trans fats were found to be unhealthy as research proved that they behaved much like saturated fats in the body and thus raised cholesterol increasing the risk of heart diseases and stroke.

Diet to lose belly fat

While belly fat can be annoying to look at, it actually is very injurious to health and needs to be taken care of at all times. While there are many evident ways to remove the belly fat, very less attention is paid to the dietary requirements of this process. Proper diets are a compulsory requirement to be fulfilled in order to have any chances of removing belly fat. A good diet to lose belly fat may comprise of items which have high levels of MUFA or Monosaturated Fats. These help in shedding that fat. Thus the diet may contain Oatmeal, Almonds, Olive oil, Green vegetables, Dark chocolate, Avocado, Banana, Yoghurt, and Berries. Apart from these, use of less salt in the cooked food also helps in the retention of water in the body and bloat up your stomach.

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