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Can too much fried food really cause free radical damage?

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Dr. Connie Topliff answered

Specializes in Family Medicine, Board Certified

The research seems: To be showing that a lot of saturated & especially, trans fats in the diet have very detrimental effects, & free-radical damage is one way this may be happening. Consider reading 'fat chance' by robert lustig, md. (i don't have any connection to him.

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Answered 11/27/2017

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