Q. In the context of trans-fats, which of the following statements is not correct?
Answer: They have a shorter shelf-life than natural fats
Notes: Trans fat, also called trans-unsaturated fatty acids or trans fatty acids, is a type of unsaturated fat that occurs in small amounts in meat and milk fat. It became widely produced as an unintentional by product in the industrial processing. The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a comprehensive plan to eliminate industrially-produced artificial trans fats from the global food supply by 2023. Unlike other dietary fats, trans fat also called transfatty acids both raises your LDL (“bad”) cholesterol and lowers your HDL (“good”) cholesterol. A diet laden with trans fat increases your risk of heart disease, the leading killer of men and women.

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