{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"HappyCow","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog","author_name":"PETA","author_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/PETA\/","title":"Trans Fats Are Found in Animal-Based Foods - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lN1Iw8WfNb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/trans-fats-are-found-in-animal-based-foods\/\">Trans Fats Are Found in Animal-Based Foods<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/trans-fats-are-found-in-animal-based-foods\/embed\/#?secret=lN1Iw8WfNb\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Trans Fats Are Found in Animal-Based Foods&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"lN1Iw8WfNb\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/vegan-pizza.jpg","thumbnail_width":570,"thumbnail_height":215,"description":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working to eliminate artificial trans fats\u2014those commonly found in processed foods, including desserts, microwave popcorn, frozen pizza, margarine, and coffee creamer\u2014from the food supply, saying that they can raise LDL, or &#8220;bad,&#8221; cholesterol and cause heart disease. According to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, there&#8217;s &#8220;no safe level of consumption of trans fat.&#8221; The American Heart Association recommends limiting the amount of trans fats you eat to less than 1 percent of your total daily calories. That means that if you need 2,000 calories a day, no more than 20 of those calories should come from trans fats. Obviously, that&#8217;s not a lot, and considering that trans fats also occur naturally in milk, butter, cheese, beef, lamb, pork, and chicken, people who eat meat and dairy products likely exceed this amount even if they don&#8217;t consume foods that contain partially hydrogenated oils. While it&#8217;s good that the FDA is taking steps to get artificial trans fats out of food, it should also remind people that animal-based foods contain unhealthy trans fats, too, in addition to cholesterol, saturated fats, and other substances that can cause serious health problems. If the new rules pass and trans [&hellip;]"}