Category Archives: Trans Fatty Acids

Natural trans Fats

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Research suggests that consumption of artificial trans fatty acids (TFAs) in hydrogenated vegetable products and deodorised supermarket oils is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Further, although intakes of TFAs are dropping, no safe lower limit is know … Continue reading →

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trans Fatty Acids, Magnesium and Cardiovascular Disease

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Robert Barrington

trans Fatty acids (TFA) are unsaturated fatty acids that possess a trans configuration on one or more of their double bonds (here). Evidence suggesting that TFA are detrimental to health has been growing for a number of years thanks to … Continue reading →

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Fatty Acid Profiles During Pregnancy

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Robert Barrington

Evidence is growing that the long-chain fatty acids from fish are beneficial to the health. Docosahexanoic acid (DHA, C22:6 (n-3)) and eicosapentanoic acid (EPA, C20:5 (n-3)) have been shown to play an important role in preventing inflammation caused by the … Continue reading →

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Trans Fats, Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Robert Barrington

Trans fatty acids (TFA) are unsaturated fats with their bonds in the trans configuration. Ruminant meat and milk contain the natural TFA trans-vaccenic acid, although total intakes of this TFA are small. Industrial TFA that are formed during the processing … Continue reading →

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More on Trans-Fatty Acids

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Robert Barrington

Trans-fatty acids (TFA) are unsaturated fatty acids that have double bonds in the trans- configuration. The trans-double bonds in unsaturated fatty acids causes the molecules to have a different structure to their cis-double bond counterparts. A trans-configuration double bond tend … Continue reading →

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Trans Fatty Acids

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Robert Barrington

Fatty acids are unsaturated if they possess a double bond in their carbon chain, and can be classified as monounsaturated (one double bond) or poly unsaturated (many double bonds). Unsaturated fatty acids were historically grouped together in one category, but … Continue reading →

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