Do you know the trans fat?

Normally, you should know about trans fat because they are everywhere in our food. You've been consuming. But at the end of reading this article, you'll certainly do not want.

Already, the name "trans fat" is not very glamorous, it is even quite repulsive. This really gives the impression that this is not something very appetizing. Well, first, when you read "fat", your brain is alert and said at once 'bad for health! "If eaten in large quantities. Then trans, for example, the prefix trans-ition, transformation, transmutation, short, terms that suggest one thing, in this instance the fat undergoes series of changes, mutations lead to something else. Here is strongly reminiscent of the chemical manipulation. And this usually bodes no good.

And you find these words "trans fat" even more repulsive when I tell you exactly what it is.

Trans fats are originally hydrogenisation vegetable oils to solidify them. It provides, inter alia, the famous margarine. The fats are heated to very high temperature and release of trans fatty acids. The hydrogenisation left a good feeling: the main goal of the industry was able to retain longer fat. They can also withstand higher cooking temperatures, that is not butter that burns fast.

Now, researchers have realized that trans fats were bad for health.

They cause cardiovascular disease since they reduce the levels of good cholesterol in the blood and increase levels of bad cholesterol.

They also increase the rate of diabetes, obesity

U.S. researchers also found that trans fats increase the risk of colon cancer.

Other research has shown that trans fats increase the risk of breast cancer. In France, women who consume a lot are twice as likely to contract cancer.

The problem is that there are trans fats across the industrial products we eat regularly. Easy to use, shelf stable and inexpensive, they have necessarily been adopted by industry. Few foods have survived. They have not only invaded the dishes. They are also present in confectionery, spreads, pastries, cakes, cereals, biscuits, pasta pie, chips, etc..

To locate them in products, read labels carefully. If you see "hydrogenated vegetable oil" or "partially hydrogenated" is that they contain trans fats. And much more ingredient is top of the list, the more they contain. So the more you have to flee. Opt for which states "non-hydrogenated vegetable oil.

I know it is not easy to avoid because they are really everywhere. You must then change your habits. Try to prepare yourself the most of your dishes. Use olive oil or canola instead of margarine. Avoid fried foods as possible.

Governments seem to focus more and more to the problem of trans fats.

France seems to be part of the lot. The AFSSA (French Agency for Food Safety) in April 2005, recommended reducing by 1 / 3 the consumption of trans fatty acids. But it is only a recommendation. Just look at the products sold in supermarkets to realize that the fatty acids have not disappeared.

Other countries have gone further by banning trans fats. In the United States, the State of California decided to ban trans fats in restaurants in his territory in July 2008. Same thing in New York, which extended this measure to pastries.

The Canada and Denmark have decided to prohibit having more than 2% of trans fat in a product. But they have not banned completely.

So, before their disappearance becomes effective, be careful. Read labels of products you buy and avoid possible to consume trans fats. It's your health. The industry may end up understanding that consumers no longer want. They must be responsible and maybe I say maybe things will change -