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transfat consumption
I was in the habit of taking granola bars/digestive biscuits/crispy nuts bar/croissants etc to curb my hunger when the lunch is delayed or when breakfast is skiped. So it become a habit and I used to keep them in store at office for frequent consumption.Recently I heard about the transfat menace and how dangerously it will affect the arteries. So what is the guarantee that eating these items will improve the health or is it the reverse??
It depends on what's in the snacks you're eating. Some are healthier than others, though all contain too much sugar. Trans fats come largely from hydrogenated vegetable oil, which isn't used that much anymore but you just look at the label and see if it contains that. But keep in mind that the sugar metabolizes into fat if you don't burn it off, so you want to find snacks that are low in sugar. Most granola bars are very high in sugar and all croissants are high in sugar and simple white flour, which gives little energy and no nutrition and also metabolizes quickly into sugar. How about just plain old nuts and seeds?
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