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Hydrogenation...........is it the devil? ENTRY 3See the first blog on this topic. There are 3 posts total, for now....Hydrogenation: This is the process that turns polyunsaturates, normally liquid at room temp. into fats that are solid at room temp......margarine,and shortening. To produce them, manufactures begin with the cheapest oils---soy, corn, cottonseed, or canola, already rancid from the extraction process ---and mix them with tiny metal particles----usually nickel oxide. The oil with its nickel catalyst is then subjected to hydrogen gas in a high-pressure, high-temperature reactor. Next, soap-like emulsifiers and starch are squeezed into the mixture to give it better consistency; the oil is yet again subjected to high temps when it is steam cleaned. This removes the unpleasant order. Margarine's natural color, an unappetizing grey, is removed by bleach. Dyes and strong flavors must then be added to make it resemble butter. Finally, the mixture is compressed and packaged into blocks or tubs and sold as a 'health food'. Partially hydrongenated margarines and shortenings are even worse for you than the highly refined vegetable oils from which they are made because of the chemical changes that occur during the hydrongenation process. Under high temps, the nickel catalyst causes the hydrogen atoms to change position on the fatty acid chain. Before hydrongenation, pairs of hydrogen atoms occur together on the chain, causing the chain to bend slightly and creating a concentration of electrons at the site of the double bond. This is called the CIS formation teh configuration most commonly found in nature. With hydrogenation, one hydrogen atom of the pair is moved to the other side so that the molecule straightens. This is called the "trans" formation, rarely found in nature. Most of these man-made "trans" fats are toxins to the body, but unfortunately your digestive system doesn't recognize them as such. Instead of eliminating them, your body incorporates "trans" fats into the cell membranes as though they were CIS fats---your cells actually become partially hydrogenated!!! Once in place, "trans" fatty acids wreak havoc with cell metabloism because arrangements or patterns, which the hydrogenation process has disturbed. During the 1940's researches found a strong correlation between cancer and the consumption of fat--the fats used were hydrogenated fats although the results were presented as though the culprit were saturated fats. In fact, until recently saturated fats were usually lumped together with "trans" fats in the various US data bases that researchers used to correlate dietary trends with disease conditions. Thus, natural saturated fats were tarred with the black brush of unnatural hydrogenated vegetable oils! Altered partially hydrongenated fats made from veggie oils actually block utilization of essential fatty acids, causing many deleterious effects including: sexual dysfunction, increased blood cholesterol, and paralysis of the immune system. Consumption of the hydrogenated fats is associated with a host of other serious diseases, not only cancer....but also atherosclerosis, diabetes, obesity, immune system dysfunctions, low-birth-weight babies, birth defects, decreased visual acuity, sterility, difficulty in lactation, and problems with bones and tendons. YET hydrongenated fats continue to be promoted as health foods. The popularity of margarine and shortening over butter represents a triumph of advertising duplicity over common sense. Your best defense is to avoid them like the plague. 08:30 - Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - post comment
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