Trans Fat

"Kevin" <[email hidden]> wrote in part:

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I noticed on the Slim Fast Optima ingredients that it contains hydrogenated
soybean oil, but the ingredient list also says that it has 0 grams transfat.
I thought that hydrogenated oils were transfat, so I'm confused about this.
Does anyone have an explanation? Thanks, Kevin

What is the portion size?

BTW, hydrogenation of soybean oil can produce saturated fat and no trans
fat. Partial hydrogenation produces trans fat.
--
Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA [email hidden]

It just means not enough to count within the parameters that the
government set for labels.

They allow the labels to lie, due to political influence. Keep watching for
the words "partially hydrogenated."

"Kevin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I noticed on the Slim Fast Optima ingredients that it contains

hydrogenated

Quoted message said:

soybean oil, but the ingredient list also says that it has 0 grams

transfat.

Quoted message said:

I thought that hydrogenated oils were transfat, so I'm confused about

this.

Quoted message said:

Does anyone have an explanation? Thanks, Kevin

One article on the internet I ran across said that it is possible for the
label to say "0 grams transfat", but also list "hydrogenated vegatable oil"
or "partially hydrogenated vegatable oil", if the amount of transfat per
serving was less than .5 grams.

Kevin

"Cubit" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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They allow the labels to lie, due to political influence. Keep watching
for
the words "partially hydrogenated."

"Kevin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I noticed on the Slim Fast Optima ingredients that it contains

hydrogenated

Quoted message said:

soybean oil, but the ingredient list also says that it has 0 grams

transfat.

Quoted message said:

I thought that hydrogenated oils were transfat, so I'm confused about

this.

Quoted message said:

Does anyone have an explanation? Thanks, Kevin

This is an obvious example of the misleading nature of "nutritional
science." They categorize fatty acids, for example, into saturated,
monounsaturated, or polyunsaturated, yet this tells you nothing about
the physiological effects of these oils, and probably does more harm
than good, even if we ignore how the authorities feel that they can
determine the relative (statistical) risks of one contrived category of
"food" versus another.

"Kevin" <[email hidden]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Quoted message said:

I noticed on the Slim Fast Optima ingredients that it contains hydrogenated
soybean oil, but the ingredient list also says that it has 0 grams
transfat. I thought that hydrogenated oils were transfat, so I'm confused
about this. Does anyone have an explanation? Thanks, Kevin

Just to repeat what has been said already:

The "0 grams trans fat" label means "less than one gram" (probably 0.5g or
lower).
You can hydrogenate oils completely, then they really have (in the best
case) no trans fats at all (however, the technology is not perfect).

PS
Transfats are definitely a very minor thing to worry about at these
ammounts.

MMu said:

Transfats are definitely a very minor thing to worry about at these
ammounts.

How dangerous are trans fats? Wikipedia references the "Walter Willett
Nurses Study" claiming tht the study of 80,000 women concluded that a
2% increase in "trans fats" increased a womans risk of heart disease by
93%.

Are trans fats metabolized at a rate comparable to saturated fats?

--
Ron

On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 09:55:25 +0100, MMu wrote in
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"Kevin" <[email hidden]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Quoted message said:

I noticed on the Slim Fast Optima ingredients that it contains hydrogenated
soybean oil, but the ingredient list also says that it has 0 grams
transfat. I thought that hydrogenated oils were transfat, so I'm confused
about this. Does anyone have an explanation? Thanks, Kevin

Just to repeat what has been said already:

The "0 grams trans fat" label means "less than one gram" (probably 0.5g or
lower).

But, if I recall correctly, that "less than..." applies to a portion,
and the producer decides what a portion is...

Quoted message said:

You can hydrogenate oils completely, then they really have (in the best
case) no trans fats at all (however, the technology is not perfect).

Quoted message said:

PS
Transfats are definitely a very minor thing to worry about at these
ammounts.