Why Are Trans Fats Bad For You?
New York was the first to ban trans fats and, soon after, many other cities followed suit by banning the stuff. The question is, why exactly are trans fats bad for you? Before we answer that, let’s first talk about what trans fats are.
Trans fats are vegetables fats that have been chemically “transformed” so that they become a solid at room temperature. The transformation process is called hydrogenation and companies do it because it increases the shelf life of the products that use them and it gives them a crispier texture, making it great for fried foods like French fries and fried chicken (and crackers, cookies, etc). A side effect is that the body sees this trans fat and treats it like saturated fat, which is what clogs arteries, and so you take a normally healthier oil and turn it into a saturated fat.
Trans fats are bad for you because the body treats it like saturated fat.
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