TRANS FAT LINKED TO INCREASED ALZHEIMER’S RISK
TRANS FAT LINKED TO INCREASED ALZHEIMER’S RISK
Check out this article from CNN.com about increased consumption of trans fats leading to increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
“This study demonstrates that there are negative ‘brain/cognitive’ outcomes, in addition to the known cardiovascular outcomes, that are related to a diet that has (a) high content of trans fats,” said neurologist Dr. Neelum T. Aggarwal.
https://www.cnn.com/…/alzheimers-trans-fats-deme…/index.html
Also called trans fatty acids, artificial trans fats are created by an industrialized process that adds hydrogen to liquid vegetable oils to make them more solid (think of semi-soft margarine and shortening).
The food industry loves trans fats because they are cheap to produce, last a long time and give foods a great taste and texture.
Besides fried foods, trans fats are found in coffee creamer, cakes, pie crusts, frozen pizza, cookies, crackers, biscuits and dozens of other processed foods.”
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