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People whose diets consisted of more trans fats, sodium, red and processed meats had lower odds of healthy aging.
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Shiv Sudhakar, NBC News, 2 July 2024
Back in 2003, Denmark was the first country to ban foods with excess trans fat, which has since become the norm across Europe.
—Alena Botros, Fortune Europe, 27 June 2024
When that time comes, the improvements made in country-level regulatory and taxation systems for tobacco control could be extended to address alcohol, trans fats, salt, and other NCD risk factors.
—Thomas J. Bollyky, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2012
Most people do not know that this practice makes the oil carcinogenic and filled with harmful trans fats.
—Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
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Shiv Sudhakar, NBC News, 2 July 2024
Back in 2003, Denmark was the first country to ban foods with excess trans fat, which has since become the norm across Europe.
—Alena Botros, Fortune Europe, 27 June 2024
When that time comes, the improvements made in country-level regulatory and taxation systems for tobacco control could be extended to address alcohol, trans fats, salt, and other NCD risk factors.
—Thomas J. Bollyky, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2012
Most people do not know that this practice makes the oil carcinogenic and filled with harmful trans fats.
—Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
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trans fat
noun
variants
or trans-fat
: an unsaturated fat that contains a trans-fatty acid molecule which has a trans arrangement of double bonds in its hydrocarbon chain and that either occurs naturally in the meat and milk of ruminant animals (such as cows or sheep) or is manufactured by hydrogenating vegetable oil to create a fat that is solid at room temperature (such as margarine and shortening)
Consumption of red meat and trans fats is associated with an increased risk of laparoscopically confirmed endometriosis …—Linda C. Guidice, The New England Journal of Medicine
Linda C. Guidice, The New England Journal of MedicineTrans fat is created when manufacturers partially hydrogenate liquid oils to make them more solid, more stable, and less greasy-tasting.—Nutrition Action Health Letter
compare saturated fat
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