Due To The Higher Consumption Of Trans Fat Contained Food Items, Cholesterol Among Sri Lankans Is On The Increase

Due to the Higher Consumption of Food Items containing Trans Fats ,Sri Lankans  who have high content of Cholesterol in their Blood Stream are on the increase according to the Local Nutritionists.

Food Items like Biscuits,Fried Foods,Baked Foods and most of the fast foods are containing with Trans Fats produced from Vegetable Fats Nutritionist Dr.Ranil Jayawardene has said today(09).

To avoid getting Cholesterol which can lead to non communicable diseases like Coronary Heart Diseases and Stroke people should  refrained from consuming food items containing Trans Fats he has stressed.

The Local Nutritionists have also appealed to  the government to consider the  ban of  using  Trans Fats for Food Items as most of the western countries had already completely banned the Trans Fats.