What is the difference between trans fat and fat?

Many people tend to confuse trans fats with fat. In fact, trans fats are divided into artificial and natural. Natural trans fats are more common in beef, mutton and dairy products and are very easy to store. Fat is the fat in the human body. For example, if people eat a lot of high-calorie foods, it is easy to cause fat accumulation in the body. The two are completely different and are actually very easy to distinguish.

The dangers of trans fats

1. Prone to infertility

Long-term and excessive intake of trans fatty acids has a great impact on human reproductive health. It not only affects the quality of sperm and egg cells, but also affects hormone synthesis. This will cause menstrual irregularities in women, affect sperm motility in men in the short term, lead to sexual dysfunction, and increase the risk of infertility and fetal malformations.

2. Cardiovascular disease

Every year, a large number of cardiovascular diseases are related to the intake of trans fats. Trans fatty acids can increase low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, which increases human blood pressure and leads to cardiovascular diseases such as arteriosclerosis. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol is the culprit. Moreover, the higher the proportion of trans fat intake in total intake, the higher the prevalence of coronary heart disease.

3. Obesity

Trans fatty acids are seven times more likely to cause obesity than normal unsaturated fats and also increase the risk of diabetes.

4. Emotional influence

Regular intake of trans fats can cause people to have "emotional awareness difficulties", weaken their ability to control emotions, and for growing children, it can also affect the intellectual development.

Therefore, you must control the intake of trans fats. When purchasing food, pay attention to the trans fat content on the label and try not to choose foods with high content. Eat less fried foods in daily life, especially the foods mentioned above. When cooking at home, pay attention to the amount of cooking oil, especially vegetable oil, and control it to 25 to 30 grams, and avoid repeated heating, frying and deep-frying.

Trans fatty acids are a type of unsaturated fatty acids that are harmful to health and exist in small amounts in natural fats. In addition to oil hydrogenation, which is the main source of trans fatty acids, the trans fatty acid content will increase due to high-temperature treatment during the refining and deodorization process. When cooking, the habit of heating the oil until it smokes and frying food repeatedly will increase the trans fatty acids in these oils.