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Trans fats contributing to cause of T2 diabetes

I thought its been known for quite a while that trans fats are bad for every one which is why most food producers/processors have either removed them or are removing them from their products.


Most people agree that there are good fats and bad fats and trans fats are as bad as they get and I dont think that is disputed by anyone any more, bar a few margarine salesmen perhaps :wink:
 
Certainly evidence that they contribute to heart disease risk
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19424218
but interestingly a 2012 metanalysis didn't find a link with glucose levels (though again raised LDL and lowered HDL)
Increased TFA intake does not result in changes in glucose, insulin, or triglyceride concentrations but leads to an increase in total and LDL-cholesterol and a decrease in HDL-cholesterol concentrations. There is no evidence to support a potential benefit of the reduction of dietary TFA intake on glucose homeostasis
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23053553

The increase in CVD risk is good enough reason to avoid them.
 
Margerine is GREY i colour before yellow is added by another godforsaken method.
Avoid!!

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lucylocket61 said:
I found this page on here about trans fats and T2 diabetes.

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/food/trans-fats.html

Has anyone else found any other research to back this up and expand on this please?

Its seems that, as well as watching my carbs, I need to watch what sort of fats I eat too.
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"In another study that followed almost 85,000 female nurses for 16 years, trans fat intake was shown to increase the risk of diabetes by 39% in the nurses that consumed the most trans fats".

http://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/a ... _begone/1/

This is worth reading,
Fats and Cholesterol: Out with the bad, in with the good.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionso ... ull-story/

This one too. Shining the spotlight on trans fats.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/transfats/
 
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