Trans fats: What you need to know

Trans fats: What you need to know: "Trans fats are worse than saturated fat, the former can raise not only bad cholesterol, but lower the high density lipoprotein or HDL or good cholesterol while the latter online raises bad cholesterol. Many randomized and controlled dietary trials have already found that consumption of trans-fats can more than raise bad cholesterol. It can promote inflammation that is implicated in many chronic diseases such as heart disease, heart attacks, diabetes and other chronic diseases.

According to scientists at Harvard School of Public Health, trans fats kill tens of thousands of Americans each year."