http://www.butterflyplace.org/toxin-research/what-is-hydrogenated-oil.html
Hydrogenated oil is the process of forcing hydrogen gas into oil at high
pressure <http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-hydrogenated-oil.htm> and
temperature
Listed on Oprah’s website <http://www2.oprah.com/index.jhtml>in the
*‘Food Hall of Shame’*, /“//To increase their shelf life, Dr. Oz says
certain oils are hydrogenated/
<http://www2.oprah.com/health/yourbody/slide/20060501/yourbody_20060501_350_205.jhtml>/.
This process turns the oil into a solid at room temperature, but it also
makes the oil unhealthy. “This stuff is great because it doesn’t go bad,
but it’s very bad for you,” says Dr. Oz
<http://health.discovery.com/fansites/droz/meet.html>. Avoid food
products that contain hydrogenated oil, often labeled as ‘trans fats’.” /
http://no-trans-fats.tripod.com/
Simply stated, hydrogenation is a process that causes liquid vegetable
oil to stay solid at room temperature. The process involves bringing the
oil to an extremely high temperature and then pumping hydrogen gas
through it (thus the term _hydrogen_-ation). What this does to the once
fine oil is to rearrange its hydrocarbon bonds, thus creating a new
molecular structure which results in a man-made concoction loaded with
trans fatty acids.
"So what?" you ask. Well, research by the American Heart Association
<http://americanheart.org> and others, has shown that trans fats are
worse for your cardiovascular system than saturated fat (the kind of fat
found in butter). It's generally accepted in western medicine that
saturated fat raises the body's level of low-density lipoprotein, LDL
("bad" cholesterol), while leaving levels of high-density lipoprotein,
HDL ("good" cholesterol) unaffected.
This same research has also shown that while trans fats raise LDL like
saturated fat, they simultaneously _*LOWER*_ HDL, throwing your
cholesterol ratio <http://216.185.112.5/presenter.jhtml?identifier=183>
out of proportion. So what you actually get when you eat those cheesy
poofs is a double-whammy. Not only are you getting a huge dose of
man-made fat, your LDL and HDL levels get knocked out of their proper
proportion, negatively and severely affecting your blood chemistry.
. . .
. . . Granted, I may be a bit neurotic when it comes to trans fats, but
that's because I found partially hydrogenated oil in my baby's teething
cookies! It's bad enough that we unwittingly eat this stuff as adults,
but to put it in our children's food is unforgivable. In fact, I read
the work of one researcher who was able to scientifically classify trans
fatty acid as being *poisonous* to the human body.
Also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_oil
Hydrogenated coconut oil is also sold in Australia under the brand-name
Copha <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copha> and is the main ingredient in
Australian snacks such as Chocolate crackles
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_crackles> and White Christmas.
http://www.coconut-oil-central.com/hydrogenated-coconut-oil.html
But that still doesn't explain why hydrogenized coconut oil is
extensively used in the food industry. Well, the simple answer to that
is hydrogenated coconut oil is much cheaper than natural or Virgin
Coconut Oil (VCO).
<http://www.coconut-oil-central.com/virgin-coconut-oil.html>
On 29/03/2012 10:33 AM, PTFerrance wrote:
Yes, Crisco is oil that has been hydrogenated and turned into a soft
solid.
PT
*From:*[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
*Sent:* Wednesday, March 28, 2012 8:56 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: CS> hydrogenation
In a message dated 3/28/2012 5:51:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
It is my understanding that hydrogenation takes liquids and makes
them into
solids.
PT
I think its probably the opposite i.e. the more liquid the more likely
to be
hydrogenated. dee
Ok you folks got me :-) {{ almost a dead cat with the curiosity )) I
had to go & look it up...found the best answer here--Hydrogenated
fats. Hydrogenated fats, trans fats and cholesterol
<http://www.natural-health-information-centre.com/hydrogenated-fats.html>
things I never knew...{{ The satisfaction brought me back.}} Never too
old to learn for sure,, .. Lois
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