Found this article after I realised my peanut butte with "no trans fats" have hydrogenated oils in the ingredients list.
http://www.stop-trans-fat.com/interesterified-fat.html
Excerpts
"....Basically, it is an attempt by food scientists to produce oils with “no trans fats”.
What they do is hydrogenate the oils fully. The oils become fully saturated and there are no trans fats left. But fully hydrogenated oil is hard and inedible. So the smart aleck scientists mix it with liquid oils and put it through other chemical processes to create a semi-solid grease like margarine and vegetable shortening..."
"...The bottom line is this… Early scientific reports -- one of which was released in mid-January 2007 by joint-researchers from Malaysia and the UK -- suggest that interesterified fat is far more harmful than trans fats.
Interesterified fat was found to depress the level of HDL (good cholesterol) more than trans fat.
In addition, interesterified fat raised blood glucose levels and depressed the level of insulin. This strongly suggests that interesterified fat could lead to diabetes.
So be extra careful of products labelled “No Trans Fat” especially when they contain fully hydrogenated oils...."
End of the day we all die anyway
So if you really want plant oil, take coconut oil
Naturally saturated ![]()
ah!! my skippy peanut butter got hydrogenated vege oil!!! how?
i nv see any article on fully hydrogenated oil being inedible on wikipedia..
yew.... fuss over trans fat, now sooner or later is tis..
might as well dun eat
eat grass!
eating salad with mango, prunes, egg and grapes
Good ol' bacon, grilled mushrooms and eggs for breakfast will do. ![]()
Adams Natural Peanut Butter
yah I mean I rather take my good old saturated fats than all these weirdo scientific fat
but it is WORSE when they tell me the weirdo scientific fat is bad for me - then they tell me there ISN"T anymore bad fat - THEN they make WORSE weirdoer scientific fat!!
*confused*
alot of tings oso got de wat.
Strange...wouldn't fully-hydrogenated oil be like butter, or lard, which is also saturated fat?
I discovered a while ago that Pepperidge Farm cookies are made with interestified fat. I'm going to miss their chunky cookies.