Even though many countries have banned artificial trans fats, you can still find them in baked goods, fried foods, and snacks in places where rules aren’t enforced or labeled clearly.

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Hidden Industrial Trans-Fatty Acids: Mechanistic Insights into Dyslipidemia, Cardiovascular Disease, and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease

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2025 Dec 3

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Hidden Industrial Trans-Fatty Acids: Mechanistic Insights into Dyslipidemia, Cardiovascular Disease, and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease

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DOI: 10.3390/ijms262311715

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