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Can trans fats cause cancer

Updated: 9/14/2023
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There is no food that causes prostate cancer, but certain foods can contribute to prostate cancer, such as foods high in fat, trans-fats and a diet high in red meat.


Are Cocunut oil with saturated fats bad?

It can cause cancer.


What food is bad for the heart?

Foods high in cholesterol, trans fats, and saturated fats, are bad for the heart and can cause chronic heart disease.


Does pork have trans fat?

There might be miniscule amounts of trans fats in pork, the result of feeding the pig a ration which includes trans fats. Trans fats are normally only produced by hydrogenation.


Does pizza contain trans fat?

Trans fats are unsaturated fats which have have same/simlar stucture to saturated fats therefore act as saturated fats. Trans fats are present in foods which contain vegetable fat which has been hydrograted partly to me soild. Pizzas can contain trans fats due to how the fat in the pizza base is made or trans fats naturally found in cheese. Trans fat levels should not go over 2g per person per day therefore having some trans fats is not too bad however you should limit the amount of trans fat you from.


What type of fats should you eat?

You should can eat any fat you want. But you should try to eat less trans fat. Cause you can not get rid of it. (Besides surgery.)


Which is better trans fats or cis fats?

Trans fats are hydrogenated unsaturated fats and they are supposed to be the worst fats there are for your health. Unsaturated fats are healthy fats and saturated fats and trans fats are unhealthy fats. Trans fats are often added to processed foods to extend the shelf life. There are no such fats as cis fats. There are certainly cis fatty acids and trans fatty acids and the difference between the two is in the hydrogen atoms positions and one could be regarded as an isomer of the other. All fats are basically triglycerides which means glycerol triesterified with 3 fatty acids.


When hydrogen atoms are added to an unsaturated oil to cause more complete saturation it produces what?

Trans Fats


Is it polyunsaturated fats or monounsaturated fats or saturated fats or trans fats in cheese?

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What does trans fat increase your risk of?

GETTING THE TRANS DISEASE, and cancer.you cang et cancer from everything and you can get really really fat that's how mike Myers got fat to play fat bastard he ate heeps of trans fats so if you don't want to get fat, don't eat trans fats plus your liver shrinks and you cant eat anymore


Saturated fats and trans fats raise the body's total cholesterol?

Yes, but trans are much worse.


Are hydrogenated oils the same as trans fat?

No, saturated fats and trans fats are different. Saturated fat increases low-density lipoprotein, which is bad for you. Trans fats do the same thing, but also lower high-density lipoprotein, which is good for you. Trans fats are a lot worse.