What is trans fat, exactly? Essentially, it’s the type of fat that’s created when hydrogen is added to the chemical structure of a fat, typically vegetable oil.

Trans fatty acids (commonly termed trans fats) are a type of unsaturated fat (and may be monounsaturated or polyunsaturated). ... Partial hydrogenation changes a fat's molecular structure ...

With so many types of fats, and so much mixed messaging around them, it’s tough to know what to eat more or less of when ...

Trans fats are also found in dairy and beef. But the biochemical structure of those naturally occurring fats is different from that of industrial trans fat, and they are not thought to be dangerous.

The team suspected that trans fats were being incorporated into sphingolipids by SPT, which, in turn, would promote the excess lipoprotein secretion into the bloodstream that causes ASCVD.

In the late 1990s, at peak trans fat intake, Walter Willett at the Harvard School of Public Health calculated the effect to be at least 30,000 premature deaths annually. CDC director Thomas ...