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antdad said:...avoid highly processed products like margarine...
soapalchemist said:When I say 'morph', I'm thinking of trans fats and hydrogenation....although probably the former is mainly a problem where deep fat fryers are repeatedly heated using the same oil, and probably the latter mainly needs to be done in factories.....but is found in every second pack on the supermarket shelf, even some breads. There is no requirement to list transfats on labels, although hydrogenated fat should be declared.
So I would still suspect that when our chip shop chips were made using lard they were actually healthier than todays made using repeatedly heated vegetable oils.
Blades said:here in the states Trans Fats have been banned..virtually..
hunnymonster said:Blades said:here in the states Trans Fats have been banned..virtually..
No - about 12 cities & counties and one state have banned it (although the California ban doesn't cover pre-packaged food like Oreo cookies that started the campaign in 2003)... that's not the same as "banned virtually" unless the US only comprises the aforementioned one state and the cities & counties)
hunnymonster said:As I said - one state does not make a for a "virtual ban"
hunnymonster said:antdad said:...avoid highly processed products like margarine...
I saw how they made Flora in a "summer job" whilst at universiity... I was never a fan of margarine before that it did nothing to entice me to change my mind.
Similarly on another summer job, I was involved in making ladies cosmetics... multigallon containers of eye liner etc is quite unappealing (although rather than test on animals we got the chance of a 15% uplift in hourly rate if they could paint it on us workers - typically on the forearm and a big absorbent pad over the top)...
soapalchemist said:I have read that the oils generally regarded as healthy are only healthy if uncooked (and presumably cold pressed), as they morph into something very unhealthy when heated. And that it is actually better therefore to use fats such as coconut or even lard for cooking as they are more stable when heated.
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