<BLOCKQUOTE class="**-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mickey:
What is the truth?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Okay let me do my best here:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="**-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>...fully hydrogenated oil does not have trans fats...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>True, but it would not be a liquid (i.e. OIL) at room temp.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="**-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>...fully hydrogenated oil ...is ok.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I wouldn't really go that far...they are less 'bad' for you than trans fatty acids (spurs free radicals, possible carcinogen, etc), but they may still be the culprit of aterial clogging.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="**-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Another source I read said that fully hydrogenated oils do have trans fats...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>FALSE. If a fatty acid is fully hydrogenated, there is no possible way to create a trans isomer of that fatty acid carbon chain. Hydrogen would have to be removed and a double bond between two carbon molecules would need to exist in that isomer. If converted, it would become partially hydrogenated once again, due to the chemistry of each molecule.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="**-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Another source I read said that fully hydrogenated oils ...are just as bad as the partially.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> http://anabolicfitness.infopop.net/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif
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