healthmadesimple t1_ir6dmdj wrote
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Isn’t almost trans fat consumption from hydrogenated vegetable oils and some margarines which are plant based and not meat based?
Doesn’t ruminant trans fats (from dairy) have less health risk than trans fats from hydrogenated vegetable oil and margarine?
Corrupted_G_nome t1_ir6feif wrote
Nope, if it returns to solid at room temperature its semi solid inside you and can lead to health issues over a long term. Trans fats do resolidify.
People seem to think animals have some magical quality that makes them different. The cow got its fats (and proteins) from plants. Its made of the same stuff as you or I and we basically synthesize the same nutrients. Other than insoluble fiber that ruminants have a yeast ally to break down your building blocks and its building nlocks are made of the same stuff.
healthmadesimple t1_ir6jtes wrote
The reason why vegetable trans fat is called “artificial trans fat” is because it’s not naturally occurring in plants
Artificial trans fats (or trans fatty acids) are created in an industrial process that adds hydrogen to liquid vegetable oils to make them more solid.
You may be right, functionally similar to natural ruminant trans fat
Except that foods containing ruminant trans fat has small amount while processed foods containing partially hydrogenated vegetable oils has a lot more.
Tl;dr: most of the trans fat consumption in the US is from plants not from meat due to high consumption of highly processed foods.
The reason? Crops like soy, corn and canola are highly subsidized and are used in a lot of food processing
Corrupted_G_nome t1_ir6nvuk wrote
Yeah its mostly processed foods. That McD's apple.pie has something like 2000x the daily recommended intake. Its super gross XD
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