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  • From: "John D'hondt" <dhondt@eircom.net>
  • To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] 5 Foods That Still Have Trans Fats -- But Won'tFor Long
  • Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 00:25:46 -0000


Pity this medium does not allow drawings Paul. Cis configurations in unsaturated oils turn into trans configurations by heating in the production process of the oil. Hydrogenation of the oil afterwards, to make margarine, does not produce transfats but since it's only partial hydrogenation of the oil that was denaturated by heating a lot of trans bonds remain. If it were complete hydrogenation of all the original double bonds the margarine would need hammer and chisel to get it out of the tub. It would have no transfats but it would still be unhealthy but now for reason that long chain fatty acids are not easily absorbed, lead to anal leakage and clog up blood vessels when they are absorbed.
Cold pressed virgin oils should have no transfats but they would go rancid on the shelf fast and have an odor and taste that the public is not used to.
John

5 Foods That Still Have Trans Fats -- But Won't For Long
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/07/foods-trans-fat-ban_n_4233248.html

the oils only get the transfats by being hydrogenated
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