Question

For cvd prevention, trans fat in the diet should account for less than ____ percent of calories. ​5

Answer 1

trans fats can be reduced to less than 1 percent of calories

Reduction in the consumption of trans fats can reduce blood cholesterol and these will consequently lower the risk of coronary heart diseases. Thus, food made from animals such as milk and meat products contain small quantities of Trans fats. However, trans fats can be reduced to less than 1 percent of calories to avoid build of plagues in the arteries called atherosclerosis.