What are trans fats?

Trans fats are like shape-shifters in your food, they change how something feels and works inside your body.

Imagine you have a plate full of cookies. Some cookies are soft and chewy, others are crunchy and hard. Now imagine someone took those cookies and squished them into a weird shape, not as soft or as crunchy anymore. That’s kind of what happens with trans fats in food. They make the fats act differently than they normally would.

Fats can be like little blocks that stack up neatly inside your body. But when you add trans fats, it's like someone came and twisted those blocks into a strange shape, making them harder for your body to use properly.

Trans fats are often found in foods like fried snacks, baked goods, and some kinds of margarine. They’re made by turning liquid oils into solid fats through a process called hydrogenation. It's like taking something soft and making it hard, just like how cookies can go from chewy to crunchy.

So next time you eat a snack, think about whether it's got that sneaky twist of trans fats inside! Trans fats are like shape-shifters in your food, they change how something feels and works inside your body.

Imagine you have a plate full of cookies. Some cookies are soft and chewy, others are crunchy and hard. Now imagine someone took those cookies and squished them into a weird shape, not as soft or as crunchy anymore. That’s kind of what happens with trans fats in food. They make the fats act differently than they normally would.

Fats can be like little blocks that stack up neatly inside your body. But when you add trans fats, it's like someone came and twisted those blocks into a strange shape, making them harder for your body to use properly.