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Hydrogenation is a process that makes unsaturated fatty acids more saturated. Problem is, hydrogenation transforms many of the fatty acids into trans fatty acids or simply trans fats.
All hydrogenated vegetable oils contain trans fatty acids. These man-made or artificial fat molecules are alien to your body and cause all kinds of health problems, in any amount.
Transfatty acids have long been shown to increase the risk factors of heart disease. They increase your LDL or bad cholesterol and decrease your HDL or good cholesterol levels.
Your body just doesn't know how to use trans fats in a constructive or fruitful manner.
Coconut oil is 92% saturated, making it the most highly saturated and stable of all the dietary fats. It does not produce trans fatty acids or create destructive free radicals.
Hydrogenated oil is a product of technology and is the source of trans fats.
Coconut oil is from nature, a gift from God, and doesn’t need hydrogenation. Why would it? It’s already 92 percent saturated! :-)
REFERENCES:
R. P. Mensink and M. B. Katan, "Effect of dietary transfatty acids on high density and low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in healthy subjects." N. Engl. J. Med. 323(1999): 439-445.
Hu, F. B., et al. Dietary fat intake and the risk of coronary heart disease in women, N. Engl. J. Med. 1997;337:1491-1499.
Willett, W. C., et al. Intake of trans-fatty acids and risk of coronary heart disease among women. Lancet 1993;341:581-585.
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