A type of fat created when oils are hydrogenated, which chemically transforms them from their normal liquid state (at room temperature) into solids. During the hydrogenation procedure extra hydrogen atoms are pumped into unsaturated fat, thereby creating trans fatty acids. This process converts the mixture into a saturated fat, which obliterates it [..]

UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS that contain at least one double bond in the trans configuration, which results in a greater bond angle than the cis configuration. This results in a more extended fatty acid c [..]

Fats that have been artificially hardened to remain solid at room temperature.

Fat composed of unsaturated fatty acids that contain one or more double bonds in which the hydrogen ions attached to the carbon atoms at the double bond are on opposite sides of the molecule. Trans fat is produced when liquid fat (oil) is turned into solid fat through a chemical process called hydrogenation (See definition). Eating a large amount o [..]