It includes news stories, fillers and columns. A table of contents for this week is provided below. Some of the products containing trans fat are vegetable shortenings, some margarines, crackers, cookies and snack foods. This type of cholesterol increases the risk for heart disease, she said. Trans fatty acids are formed when processors make vegetable oils solid through a processcalled hydrogenation.
Hydrogenation increases the shelf life and flavor stability of oils and foods.
Here's some information about the amount of trans fat found in a single serving of certain foods. The information is from the United States Department of Agriculture. She said that to reduce trans fats, you may want to choose one product to spread on bread, pancakes or waffles and another to bake with. No surprise there, according to Ruth Henderson, University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service 4-H leadership specialist. And Henderson says that a teenager's inclination to volunteer in college and then as an adult starts with encouragement in high school, middle school or even lower grades.