1 Bake pork chops 30 minutes in the preheated oven. 2  Turn, and spread with remaining sauce. 3  Continue baking 30 minutes, or until internal temperature of the chops has reached 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).
In addition, many baked goods and fried foods can contain high levels of saturated fats. Some plant-based oils, such as palm oil, palm kernel oil and coconut oil, also contain primarily saturated fats, but do not contain cholesterol.
Trans fats raise your bad cholesterol just like saturated fats, but they also increase inflammation and lower the good cholesterol that protects us against heart disease, says Andrea Giancoli, RD, MPH, a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, in Hermosa Beach, Calif.