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Consumption of industrially produced trans fatty acids (TFA) adversely affects multiple risk factors for chronic diseases.
Reducing TFA consumption is crucial for improving health risk factors.
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Well-controlled observational studies and randomized trials indicate that TFA consumption adversely affects multiple risk factors for chronic diseases, including numerous blood lipids and lipoproteins, systemic inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, and possibly insulin resistance, diabetes, and adiposity.
Why this rating
Based on well-controlled observational studies and randomized trials.
Source
Consumption and Health Effects of Trans Fatty Acids: A Review
Shyam Mohan Teegala et al. · Journal of AOAC International · 2009
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