Question 1

when eating something what makes you fat besides calories? trans fat. sugar saturated fat calories from fat. etc...?

Accepted Answer

Not enough activity: The simple formula which determines if you gain or lose weight is Calories taken in minus Calories used. Taken on a day to day basis, you can know if you are using up the calories or not. If calories eaten far exceeds calories burned up by whatever activity, weight is gained. It does not matter if the calories are fats proteins or carbohydrates, body chemistry turns the excess into fat to store it

Question 2

any truth to the claim that consuming more fat, include trans fat, and little/no sugar will bring blood glucose level to normal range?  exercise too.

Accepted Answer

Don't get your life: With diabetes, you need to be monitored closely as you experiment. Don't expect miraculous results from swapping calories from one group to another. It's much more to your credit that you're exercising, and this will be a huge help to you -- as will simply being pro-active about your health. Best wishes.

Question 3

how bad is trans fat for u

Accepted Answer

Very: This is the riskiest form of fat for your cardiovascular system and should be avoided whenever possible.

Question 4

what is trans fat? is it bad?

Accepted Answer

Blocks up arteries: Trans fat is what one gets by adding hydrogen to vegetable oil. The trans fat is more solid, less "oily", and makes junk food more stable for a longer time. Trans fat is bad because it raises a person's bad cholesterol, and lowers his good cholesterol, so it blocks up arteries worse than saturated fats do. Food labels that say "0 grams" trans fat mean "less than half a gram", not necessarily zero!

Question 5

why is trans fat bad for you?

Accepted Answer

Atherogenic: It causes hardening of the arteries.

Question 6

what is trans fat and what foods in particular is it found in?

Accepted Answer

Trans: Refers to the particular chemistry of the carbon chain that makes up the molecule. Cis is the form for the essential fatty acids that we require .Unfortunately trans fatty acids are in a great number of "man made" foods and proprietary foods state the concentration of them on the label.

Question 7

what foods contain saturated and trans fat?

Accepted Answer

Per AHA: Saturated fats- butter, lard, fatback & solid shortening.
Trans fats- vegetable shortening, select margarines, food  fried in partially hydrogenated oil (or containing it), & many types of cookies, snacks & crackers.

Question 8

which one is the bad one: saturated or trans fat?

Accepted Answer

Lipids: Both saturated and trans fats are bad for you.

Question 9

what's the difference between margarine and trans fat?

Accepted Answer

Processed Plant Fats: Margarine is processed plant fat. Vast majority of c-c bonds in all fats, plant & animal, are single, aka saturated (no room for more hydrogen side atoms). If double bonds (unsaturated) present & converted to single bonds by industrial hydrogenation lacking control: ½ cis, ½ trans; all living cells do cis-. Promoted for ↑ shelf life (even bacteria can’t live on it) study googleimages & peter attia.

Question 10

how are trans fat and unsaturated fat distinguished from each other?

Accepted Answer

Incomplete fat: This is theoretical mostly -- what you need to know is that animal fat is mostly saturated and complete.  Vegetable fat is a good fat and mostly unsaturated.

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