Trans Fat Summary

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Author Samantha Heller with a Bachelors degree in science and a registered dietician. Samantha is highly qualified and is a senior clinical nutritionist at NYU Langone Medical Center. Her publication aims at helping to make the public aware of the destruction of trans fat in processed foods on the body. She provides an informative piece about the fact that fats are the hardest for the body to digest. Processed foods relate to trans fats that then relate to unhealthy cholesterol ultimately contributing to an increased risk of heart disease. She references information from studies performed by Harvard University implicating over 30,000 deaths each year from trans fats. Trans fats not only raise the bad cholesterol levels in your body, but they