Modern - day diets high in
hydrogenated vegetable oils instead of traditional animal fats are implicated in causing a significant increase in heart disease and cancer.
Not exact matches
It's no longer a secret that the margarine Americans have been spreading on their toast, and the
hydrogenated fats they eat in commercial baked goods like cookies and crackers, is the chief culprit in our current plague of cancer and heart disease.22 But mainline nutrition writers continue to denigrate butter — recommending new fangled tub spreads
instead.23 These may not contain
hydrogenated fats but they are composed of highly processed rancid
vegetable oils, soy protein isolate and a host of additives.
The food industry can make bigger profits using
vegetable oils instead of animal fats, particularly the partially
hydrogenated vegetable oils that mimic the properties of mostly saturated fats found in traditional foods like butter, lard and coconut oil.
It's no longer a secret that the margarine Americans have been spreading on their toast, and the
hydrogenated fats they eat in commercial baked goods like cookies and crackers, is the chief culprit in our current plague of cancer and heart disease.22 But mainline nutrition writers continue to denigrate butter — recommending new fangled tub spreads
instead.23 These may not contain
hydrogenated fats but they are composed of highly processed rancid
vegetable oils, soy protein isolate and a host of additives.
Trans fat is found in most shortenings, many labellinges (avoid them and use REAL butter
instead), packaged and processed snacks such as crackers, biscuits and cookies, many commercially fried foods, pastries and other foods prepared with partially
hydrogenated vegetable oils.