| HPB website lists trans fat content in common food products
SINGAPORE: Consumers worried about trans fat can now turn to the Health Promotion Board (HPB) website to find out how much trans fat content there is in the food they consume. The website - http://www.hpb.gov.sg - lists, by brand names, common food products like margarine, biscuits, breads and instant meals labelled with their trans fat content, as well as items with reduced or no trans fat. The move is to help Singaporeans lower their intake of trans fat in their diet. Trans fat is a specific type of fat formed when hydrogen is added to vegetable oil. It behaves like saturated fat in the body, raising bad cholesterol (LDL) which increases the risk of coronary heart disease. But unlike saturated fat, trans fat also reduces the levels of the good cholesterol (HDL) which protects against heart disease.
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