# Heart Doctors Banned This Ingredient. Food Companies Still Use It.

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Podcast: [Fuel Different](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fuel-different-7819549)
Published: 2026-07-23T09:18:00+00:00
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Heart doctors fought to ban this ingredient for decades. Food companies still sneak it into your groceries. Sarah Williams breaks down why trans fats are considered the deadliest food additive on earth and how they're still hiding in plain sight on store shelves. 🎯 What You'll Learn: • Why a tiny 2% increase in trans fat calories shoots your heart disease risk up 23% (Harvard research) • How trans fats create a double attack on your cholesterol levels that no other ingredient can match • The sneaky loophole that lets manufacturers claim "0 grams trans fat" while still using them • Which common foods still contain trans fats despite the 2018 FDA ban 👤 Perfect for: Anyone who reads nutrition labels and wants to know what's actually dangerous vs. just marketing hype. 📍 Chapters: [00:00] Sarah Williams reveals the ingredient cardiologists call "liquid death" [01:45] The Harvard study that changed everything about trans fats [03:30] Why your body literally can't process artificial trans fats [05:15] The FDA loophole keeping trans fats in your food [07:00] Reading labels like a pro: where trans fats still hide [09:30] Natural vs artificial trans fats: what you need to know [11:00] Your action plan for a trans fat-free kitchen The scary part? Unlike sugar or salt, trans fats serve zero purpose in your body. They're basically industrial waste that food companies figured out how to make taste good. Even tiny amounts create inflammation and mess with your arteries in ways that took scientists decades to understand. This isn't about perfection or food fear. It's about knowing which ingredients are actually worth avoiding and which ones are just nutrition noise. 🔔 Never miss an episode: Follow Fuel Different on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and turn on notifications. New episodes drop…

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