There are many studies that showed triglycerides or trans fats are banned in many countries because they cause lots of diseases, like: Heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and they can also cause strokes, the less they are present, the easier it is for your body to get rid of this food whether by digesting and benefiting from it or by removing it.
Trans fat foods:
Some companies give trans fats other names to avoid you avoiding the product, but they’re still in many goods sold in stores and they are:
- Ready fried chips
- Coffee cream
- Crunchy snacks
- Cream-filled sweets
- Frozen pizza
- Microwave popcorn
- Ready baked goods
All these items contain high amounts of trans fats, so any healthy diet will advise you to avoid and stay away from them. At Fitness Garage, we always prefer natural foods over processed ones for these reasons.
Finding trans fats:
You should read the nutrition label carefully and check the trans fat content in the product, and you need to know that manufacturers can label it as zeroif it's less than half a gram. You should verify the actual amount because they don’t show it in other ways.
Avoid trans fats
Here are some steps to reduce trans fats in your body:
- Avoid packaged foods as much as possible.
- Eat more healthy and fresh foods.
- Avoid vegetable shortening and use olive oil or coconut oil.
- Make most of your meals at home with healthy portions.
- Try to avoid fried foods as much as possible and go for baked foods.
- Replace chips with raw nuts.
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