Sad, but True Taking artificial trans fats out of foods has been a great idea—until the food industry found a way to replace one bad fat with another. The palm oil that has replaced trans fats in most processed foods is highly saturated and likely to cause higher blood cholesterol. Currently, the United States does not allow any artificial trans fats to be used in food products, but when it comes to harmful fats in processed foods, we aren’t out of the woods yet.
