To further assist consumers in maintaining a healthy diet, many products carry the newly approved health claim: "A healthy diet low in saturated and trans fats may reduce the risk of heart disease. What happens with polyunsaturated oils like soybean is that, when you want to use it for things like baking, then you have to use the hydrogenation of the oil. Hernandez: They don't, no. He's a technical consultant with the American Palm Oil Council. There are other problems with processed meats, nutritionally speaking. Then, no-carb and low-carb eating gained dieters' attention. All fats are mixtures of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, but tropical oils contain a higher proportion of saturated fats than any other fat. Track news on trans fat at HydrogenatedNews. Track news on hydrogen at EmergingFuture. Trans fats are being blamed as the culprit in many cardiovascular ailments, including raising bad cholesterol, lowering good cholesterol, and clogging up your arteries. "I avoid them like the plague," said Linda Faulkner of Hendersonville. The study comes from an independent research team led by Morando Soffritti, MD, scientific director of the European Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences in Bologna, Italy. Hernandez: No, actually it's a natural oil that has been in the market for many years. So, the good thing about palm oil is that you can use it for baking applications without the need of hydrogenation. Some experts believe our bodies treat high fructose corn syrup more like a fat than a sugar. There, it forms a variety of nitrosamine compounds that enter the bloodstream and wreak havoc with a number of internal organs: the liver and pancreas in particular. At the least, it should be immediately banned from all schools," said Blaylock. As a result food makers in Europe and the US are looking to slice the trans fats from their food formulations, and are consequently on a continual hunt for alternative ingredients. Steve: Is that why I see it's being accepted in the marketplace? It is used to help extend the shelf life of products and keep them tasting as good as possible for when the consumer purchases them for consumption. Steve: You don't need the hydrogenation.
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