Trans fat, also known as trans-unsaturated fatty acids, that occurs in small amounts in fat from meat and milk. It became industrially produced from vegetable and fish oils in the early 1900s in order to be used for butter and now processed snack foods and fried food. Today, studies have shown that trans fats can increase the risk of coronary artery disease by raising cholesterol levels and causing systematic inflammation. In 2003, the World Health Organization recommended that trans fat should make up less than 1% of an individual’s diet. In 2018, they implemented a step-by-step guide to eliminate trans fats produced industrially from the food supply. In many countries, there are legal limits on how much trans fat a product can contained, and most trans fat is being replaced by saturated fat. The topic I will be discussing for my research will be the impact of trans fat on global health, and the related laws and regulation that are in place. I will interview doctors that specialize in the health risks of trans fat in order to understand a first-hand experience of how trans fat has affected people medically. I will utilize research from the US Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health and the American Health Association in order to learn more about the health risks of consuming trans fat and its affect of the population.
Limitations o
n Trans Fat
Proposed to: Universit
y of Denver Propo
sa
l Review
Committee
Proposed to
: C
assidy Link
Trans fat, also known as tra
ns
-
unsaturated fatty acids, that occurs in small amounts in
fat
from meat
and milk. It becam
e
industrially produced from vegetable and fish oils in the early
1900s in order to be used for butter and now processed snack foods and fried food. Today,
studies have shown that trans fats can increase th
e risk of coronary artery disease by raising
ch
olesterol levels and causing system
atic inf
lammation
. In 2003, the World Health O
r
ganization
recommended that trans fat should make up less than 1% of an individual
’
s diet.
In 2018, they
implemented a step
-
by
-
step gu
ide to e
li
min
ate trans fats
produced in
dustrially from the
food
supply. In many countries, there are legal limits on how much trans fat a product can contained,
and
most trans fat is
being repla
ced by saturated fat. Th
e topic
I
wi
ll be discussing for m
y
research will be the impact of trans fat on
global health
,
and
the
related
laws
and regulation
that
are in place
.
I will inter
view doctors that specialize in the health risk
s
of trans fat
in order t
o
understand a first
-
hand experience of how trans fat has affe
cted people medically. I
will utilize
research from the
US Library
of Medicine National Institutes of Health
and the A
m
erican
He
alth
Association in order to learn more about
the
health risks of
consuming
trans fat and its affect of
the population.
Limitations on Trans Fat
Proposed to: University of Denver Proposal Review Committee
Proposed to: Cassidy Link
Trans fat, also known as trans-unsaturated fatty acids, that occurs in small amounts in fat
from meat and milk. It became industrially produced from vegetable and fish oils in the early
1900s in order to be used for butter and now processed snack foods and fried food. Today,
studies have shown that trans fats can increase the risk of coronary artery disease by raising
cholesterol levels and causing systematic inflammation. In 2003, the World Health Organization
recommended that trans fat should make up less than 1% of an individual’s diet. In 2018, they
implemented a step-by-step guide to eliminate trans fats produced industrially from the food
supply. In many countries, there are legal limits on how much trans fat a product can contained,
and most trans fat is being replaced by saturated fat. The topic I will be discussing for my
research will be the impact of trans fat on global health, and the related laws and regulation that
are in place. I will interview doctors that specialize in the health risks of trans fat in order to
understand a first-hand experience of how trans fat has affected people medically. I will utilize
research from the US Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health and the American Health
Association in order to learn more about the health risks of consuming trans fat and its affect of
the population.