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Vegetable oils become trans fats when they are converted to a state in which 
they are solid at room temperature. This process is called hydrogenation and 
it is used by the processed food industry because it is cheaper than natural 
fats and it has a longer shelf life. Anytime you see a partially hydrogenated 
vegetable oil on a label (such as margarine) it is a trans fat. 

Many companies have willingly steered away from trans fats after it became 
established by scientists that they were actually worse than naturally 
occuring saturated fat. There are trace amounts of naturally occuring trans 
fats, but they are minimal and not the focus of the new regulations.

Here is a good explanation of trans fat and why it is worse than saturated 
fat:  http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/trans-fat/CL00032

On Nov 7, 2013, at 6:01 PM, John D'hondt wrote:

> ?? Are they going to make all vegetable oils and margarines illegal? 
> Because 
> that is where the trans fats are. Doing away with some types of micro waved 
> popcorn looks easy but that does not even touch the real problem.
> Doing away with all sunflower oil? All corn oil? Not likely.
> John
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> Subject: [Livingontheland] FDA To Ban Trans Fats
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