{"id":47371,"date":"2024-06-13T16:52:11","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T16:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=47371"},"modified":"2024-06-13T16:52:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T16:52:11","slug":"health-trans-fat-why-its-a-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/health-trans-fat-why-its-a-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Health: trans fat: why it&#8217;s a problem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Self-tutoring about diet and health: the tutor looks into the hazards of trans fat.<\/h2>\n<p>\nTo appreciate why trans fat is seen as hazardous, it&#8217;s helpful to know the two types of cholesterol, ldl and hdl. As I understand, ldl, the &#8220;bad&#8221; cholesterol, can accumulate inside arteries; ultimately, this can impair circulation. Hdl, on the other hand, is the &#8220;good&#8221; cholesterol: it brings ldl from the arteries to the liver, to be metabolized.<\/p>\n<p>\nApparently, trans fat promotes ldl and reduces hdl.<\/p>\n<p>\nSource:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart.org\/en\/health-topics\/cholesterol\/hdl-good-ldl-bad-cholesterol-and-triglycerides\">heart.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/high-blood-cholesterol\/in-depth\/trans-fat\/art-20046114\">mayoclinic.org<\/a><\/p>\nJack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\">Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-tutoring about diet and health: the tutor looks into the hazards of trans fat. To appreciate why trans fat is seen as hazardous, it&#8217;s helpful to know the two types of cholesterol, ldl and hdl. As I understand, ldl, the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/health-trans-fat-why-its-a-problem\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Health: trans fat: why it&#8217;s a problem<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1370],"tags":[3191,2650,732,3192],"class_list":["post-47371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","tag-danger-of-trans-fat","tag-ldl-vs-hdl-cholesterol","tag-trans-fat","tag-what-trans-fat-does-in-the-body"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47371"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47383,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47371\/revisions\/47383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}