Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Draco. Draco was the first legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece. He replaced the prevailing system of oral law and blood feud by a written code to be enforced only by a court. Known for its harshness, draconian has come to refer to similarly unforgiving rules or laws.
Trans fats are a type of mostly man-made fat that the food industry loves, but our hearts and blood vessels donât. In the late 19th century, chemists discovered that they could add hydrogen atoms to unsaturated fats by bubbling hydrogen gas through vegetable oil in the presence of a nickel catalyst.
Unsaturated fats can be either cis fats or trans fats. While cis fats are beneficial and can promote good cholesterol, trans fats are considered harmful to cardiovascular health, especially those trans fats which come from unnatural sources (e.g., hydrogen