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Hello Todd
What is fully and partially hydrogenated? Which is better?
Thank you
Regards
James
James,
The process of hydrogenating liquid oils makes the oils, or fats, more like saturated fats (animal fats - the bad fats). These hydrogenated oils are called trans-fatty acids and are considered by many to be worse than saturated fats. This is because saturated fats increase LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol) but trans-fats increase LDL AND decrease HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol).
If you had to rank fats from best to worse, I would do it like this:
Best
unsaturated fats (liquid oils - olive oil, canola oil, etc.)
Worst
partially hydrogenated oils
saturated fats (animal fats - butter, cream, cheese, etc.)
fully-hydrogenated oils
The bottom line:
Fully-hydrogenated oils are worse than partially hydrogenated oils, but neither can be considered "good" or even "moderate". They are both BAD.
Todd
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