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>> Jean-Louis Tu:
>> But vegetable oils are very special. Their composition is:
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>> Water: 0%
>> Protein: 0%
>> Carbohydrate: 0%
>> Fat: 100%
>> Minerals: tiny amounts
>> Vitamins: essentially vitamin E.
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>Carol:
>That's why I don't consider them foods in their refined state.
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>> There is no water, therefore no bacterial or enzymatic activity.
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Lynton:
There might not be enzymatic (?) *activity*, but I would expect there
to be
Lipase (fatty enzymes) present.
>I believe that the levels of vegetable oils that are best for humans
>can be easily ingested in the form of whole foods.
This could be correct - for millions of years there was no way that we
could
grab hold of vegetable oil.
>Carol:
>Personally, I don't think the evidence that animal fats cause coronary
>heart disease is all that convincing. If I had to choose right now,
>I'd say that it looks like sugar and homogenized milk are the biggest
>baddies.
Probably wheat as well. Sugar is probably more of a problem for
diabetes
first, wheat makes it far worse.
Lynton
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