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What's the difference between margarine and trans fat?
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Processed Plant Fats: Margarine is processed plant fat. Vast majority of c-c bonds in all fats, plant & animal, are single, aka saturated (no room for more hydrogen side atoms). If double bonds (unsaturated) present & converted to single bonds by industrial hydrogenation lacking control: ½ cis, ½ trans; all living cells do cis-. Promoted for ↑ shelf life (even bacteria can’t live on it) study googleimages & peter attia.
Answered 2/11/2013
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