Comments on: 40% of Oil Consumed by Americans Contains Trans-fat http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2009/04/16/40-of-oil-consumed-by-americans-contains-trans-fat/ eat a bit better™ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:35:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: staff http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2009/04/16/40-of-oil-consumed-by-americans-contains-trans-fat/comment-page-1/#comment-739 staff Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:11:47 +0000 http://www.fooducate.com/blog/?p=1369#comment-739 Thought provoking questions indeed. 1. From a sustainability perspective, monocultures are problematic. Soy is no exception. But the factorization of soy production is what gives us very cheap vegetable oil. Check these 2 resources for more information: http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/SoyBeansOilCrops/background.htm http://www.pig8soy.org/node/59 2. The best way to avoid trans fat is to eat as little processed food as possible. But remember, trans-fat free is not necessarily healthy. Lard may be trans-fat free, but is still made up of 40% saturated fat (margarine -14%, butter - 50%, olive oil - 14%). Many pigs, incidentally, are raised on soy mush (protein rich), from the same soybeans used to extract oil. Thought provoking questions indeed.

1. From a sustainability perspective, monocultures are problematic. Soy is no exception. But the factorization of soy production is what gives us very cheap vegetable oil. Check these 2 resources for more information:
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/SoyBeansOilCrops/background.htm
http://www.pig8soy.org/node/59

2. The best way to avoid trans fat is to eat as little processed food as possible. But remember, trans-fat free is not necessarily healthy. Lard may be trans-fat free, but is still made up of 40% saturated fat (margarine -14%, butter – 50%, olive oil – 14%). Many pigs, incidentally, are raised on soy mush (protein rich), from the same soybeans used to extract oil.

]]> By: Rob Smart http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2009/04/16/40-of-oil-consumed-by-americans-contains-trans-fat/comment-page-1/#comment-737 Rob Smart Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:08:50 +0000 http://www.fooducate.com/blog/?p=1369#comment-737 Curious what you think about oils resulting from processing monoculture crops, primarily soybean, which accounts for 75% of oils used in highly processed foods. Can we avoid trans fats by reverting back to natural occurring fats, including lard? Curious what you think about oils resulting from processing monoculture crops, primarily soybean, which accounts for 75% of oils used in highly processed foods.

Can we avoid trans fats by reverting back to natural occurring fats, including lard?

]]> By: cathy http://www.fooducate.com/blog/2009/04/16/40-of-oil-consumed-by-americans-contains-trans-fat/comment-page-1/#comment-736 cathy Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:08:53 +0000 http://www.fooducate.com/blog/?p=1369#comment-736 Wow. That's a sobering number! Wow. That’s a sobering number!

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