Hey gurl,

Well based on wat i have been taught, trans fat are fat transformed from unsaturated to saturated. See, unsaturated fats has more carbons with double/ triple bonds and hence less hydrogen. So when you gonna make trans fat, u will make the unsaturated fat into saturated, by adding hydrogen and reducing multiple bonds between carbons. ( hope u are not confused),

On chemical basis, they are formed by hydrogenation, using veg oil. And to my guess, they can be eliminated from diet since they are not essential fats.

The health disaster would be that they are gonna jam the blood vessels and cause blod clot, slow blood flow..heart disease...etc