>> Jean-Louis Tu: >> But vegetable oils are very special. Their composition is: >> >> Water: 0% >> Protein: 0% >> Carbohydrate: 0% >> Fat: 100% >> Minerals: tiny amounts >> Vitamins: essentially vitamin E. > >Carol: >That's why I don't consider them foods in their refined state. > >> There is no water, therefore no bacterial or enzymatic activity. >> 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