Are Trans fats really that bad for us compared to other fats or is it just a case of diet culture throwing a random aspect of food under the bus like they did with Carbs?

Question

I will never forgive the diet industry for telling me potatoes were bad for me, once I stopped caring about fad shit and just eating at a deficit (including at least one baked potato a day) the pounds absolutely melted off.

It got me thinking about other foods that the government / diet companies have said are bad. Were trans fats actually a big problem? The ban certainly hasn’t done much for the obesity epidemic.

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Answer 1

Trans fats are suuuper bad, basically toxic. here is a good explaination why, https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/60735/what-makes-trans-fats-more-harmful-than-saturated-ones but the jist is, trans fats are kinda half way between an oil like fat, and a butter like fat. there are 2 configurations a fat like this can be, cis or trans, cis is fine for you, but trans has some really nasty properties where the body THINKS it can use it in a particular way, but it wont actually properly function.

and here is a good video on the structure of fats