Hydrogenation and Trans Fats

What is hydrogenation? What are trans fats? What are hydrogenated fats?

Hydrogenated fats

By now, it is a well-established fact that trans fats are harmful and are responsible for causing thousands of deaths per year from cardiovascular diseases, but hydrogenated fats continue to be added to so many food products that it almost impossible to avoid them. Frequently, even lard is hydrogenated! Why aren't these products banned? Because manufacturers with a lot of political influence don't want to lose money on products that might turn rancid before they are sold. Fast modern distribution methods, good packaging, and controlled temperature storage could solve this problem and deliver healthier products to the consumers, but it would increase costs. One of the latest trends used by manufacturers is to avoid the word "hydrogenated" and to obtain oils from foreign sources where our regulations do not apply. Some products use "Modified Palm Oil" without mentioning the process used to modify the oil. The modification could be a simple fractionation to separate high-melting from low-melting triglycerides, but it could involve hydrogenation.

 

Sources: http://www.scientificpsychic.com/fitness/fattyacids2.html

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