How to Recognize Trans Fats in Your Food

Video Transcript

"This is Rachael with Nutrolution in Miami Beach, Florida. In this clip we're talking about how you can recognize trans fats in your food. First and foremost, I want you to know what trans fats really are. And trans fats are sort of a chemically changed type of fatty acid, so there's two types of fatty acids. One is natural, and it's called the cyst fat, and it's horseshoe shaped. And a trans fat is a fat that actually there's been chemical heat, or other chemicals applied to it, and it actually strains out a fat and creates a linear shaped fat. As far as their functions in the body, the trans fats create holes and leakages in the cells, and actually contribute to heart disease and cancer and other types of disease. How you can identify trans fats in your food is you always check the label. It's not good enough to just look at the front of a...of a box, and if it says zero trans fats, that doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't have any trans fats. You must check the ingredient list and look for words; partially hydrogenated or hydrogenated fats. Other things that contain trans fats naturally are margarine, and other refined foods. So this is Rachael with Nutrolution in Miami Beach, Florida."