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Friday November 3, 8:17 PMHPB website lists trans fat content in common food productsSINGAPORE: 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. Nutritionists have therefore advised that people should choose food that is low in both saturated and trans fats as part of a healthy diet. The World Health Organisation recommends that trans fat makes up no more then 1 percent of daily energy intake. In line with this, HPB recommends that, based on a 2,000 kilocalorie diet, Singaporeans should limit their daily intake of trans fat to no more than 2g of trans fat a day. The 2004 National Health Survey showed that Singaporeans, aged 18 to 69, take an amount of trans fat equivalent to 1 percent of their daily energy intake. - CNA/so
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