Monday, February 13, 2012

The Low-down on Saturated and Trans Fats

Reducing the saturated and trans fats from our diet can be a massive step towards decreasing our risk of developing heart disease. But, do we really know what these fats are, or indeed what foods they're found in?  According to a new American Heart Association survey, consumer awareness o...
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Terry Mulcahy
10/18/07 6:35pm
I think it's a little misleading to include margarine in the trans fat category, when in fact, soft margarine doesn't contain trans fats, and is therefore probably better than butter for people who use butter. I switched from soft margarine to butter because I was told that margarine contained trans fats, but it is hydrogentated (stick) margarine that has the trans fats. As a result, my cholesterol went up ( I eat a lot of toast and rice - so it made a difference).
10/22/07 6:34pm

Dear Terry,

 

Thanks for responding to my Blog. You raise a valid point. There are some margarines that do not contain trans fats. 

 

I believe there are a lot of people out there who are eating margarine because it has been drilled into them that its heart healthy, even though some varieties do contain trans fats. Personally, I think it's best to opt for a zero trans fat variety of margarine rather than choosing butter. 

 

Thanks bringing this to our attention.

 

Best,

Mel 

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1/ 3/11 8:06am

I think you would be more persuading with basic facts rather than vaporous results based on statistical correlations. Then,

Why saturated fats are so unhealthy? Upon which physiological bases is based such claim?

Many past studies were plagued up with confounding factors, so please don't come along with CVD prevalence from countries with different diets or control studies in which saturated fat-rich diet have to come to a particular source or was equaled to a polysaturated fat-free diet.