Trans fats are unsaturated fatty acids. When a person eats trans fats it raises their bad low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels. Trans fats also lower a person’s good high-density ...

Trans fat is considered by many doctors to be the worst type of fat you can eat. Unlike other dietary fats, trans fat—also called trans-fatty acids—both raises your LDL ("bad") cholesterol and lowers ...

Trans fat is a short name for trans fatty acids. They are formed by adding hydrogen atoms to a molecule of vegetable oil to make an unsaturated fat act like saturated fat, giving food products a ...

"Those are big-time culprits, those high-fat crackers," said Joan Carter Clark, a nutritionist at Baylor College of Medicine. Last week's decision that packaged foods must include information on trans ...

Artificial trans fat — a common ingredient in many American foods — is now considered so dangerous the government is banning it. Found in fast foods, pastries and many prepared foods on grocery store ...

The Federal Drug Administration aims to remove trans fat from food all across the U.S. Andrew Vanhoe is the owner of Olde Towne Bakery in Moline. The bakery is known best around town for its tasty ...

Down one in the seventh inning against No. 13 Stanford, No. 15 Oregon softball put the tying run on second base with one out. Braiesey Rosa and... They are the fats clogging cookies, butter flavored ...

Bread is one of the easiest foods to bake, as it only requires a few ingredients. Unfortunately, when looking on packaged bread label, you're going to find dozens of ingredients. Here are several ...

A. You're right, Annie, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that it wants to get trans fats out of the American diet — because they're dangerous. Moms like yours (and prepared-food ...