This is not a question, really, nut just something I found important to share with my peers and all of the amazing tutors out there who drink coffee!
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One day, I challenged myself to figure out the approximate amount of trans fats my father has consumed through Original Coffee Mate creamer since he began using it, around eleven years ago. Although Coffee-Mate claims it has no trans fats on the nutrition facts label, this is not true. I have done some research on trans fats before, and if a product has less than 0.5 grams per serving, (in this case, 1 teaspoon) the company can round the number down to zero. The only way to know for sure if what you are consuming has no trans fats is to read the list of ingredients. TFs are listed as 'Hydrogenated Oils', 'Hydrogenated Vegetable oils' and other variations. In addition, the higher up on the ingredient list an ingredient is, the more of it the product contains. Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil is the second item listed on the ingredients list. Because of this I assumed that there were around 0.3 grams of TFs in one teaspoon of Coffee Mate coffee creamer. So, I assumed that my father has been more or less using the proper serving size amount in one cup of coffee a day throughout the year. That means 365 teaspoons of Coffee Mate. I multiplied 365 by 0.3 and my answer was 109.5. That means in one year, my father consumed 109.5 TFs from purely coffee creamer. In eleven years, he has more or less consumed 1204.5 grams of TFs. 1204.5. And that's only from coffee. Next time you are considering trying something new, even if it is a name brand like Coffee Mate, Read the ingredient list! It may just save you from disease!
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Thank you so much for reading!
-FunFact737