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Why is partially hydrogenated food bad for you

Answer

Hydrogenated foods raise LDL (bad) cholesterol levels while lowering good cholesterol, which leads to coronary heart disease risk.

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Source: Hydrogenated fats in nutrition. | www.cyberparent.com

Description: Among other results, researchers have found that trans fatty acids significantly raise LDL cholesterol levels, the bad cholesterol, while lowering the HDL levels, the good cholesterol. In the Framingham Heart Study (a 40 year study covering 5,209 individu

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