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Comment from Post: More on Trans-Fatty Acids

Name: BigChaz

Help! What is the difference between hydrogenated oil and partially hydrogenated oil. In the lit the two terms seem to be used in the same way. Surely there must be a difference.

Posted Feb 13, 2005 1:28 PM

According to this article:

• Biostructural Medicine – Trans Fatt Acids – by Alberto Ascherio, M.D., Dr.P.H., Meir J. Stampfer, M.D., Dr.P.H., Walter C. Willett, M.D., Dr.P.H., Harvard School of Public Health, and Martijn B. Katan, Ph.D., Peter L. Zock, Ph.D. of Wageningen Center for Food Sciences, Netherlands

…there is a difference chemically between hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils, but they have the same effects medically. Avoid both of them for a healthier diet.