tankasnowgod
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The only way you can get trans fats from hydrogenation is from the hydrogenation of PUFA, and coconut oil only has about 2% PUFA, so that would be the maximum amount of trans fats in the final product. Oleic Acid can only be hydrogenated into Stearic. Of course, I don't think Trans Fats are that big a problem anyway, especially as compared to PUFA. The big argument against them is that they basically act like Saturated Fats. In the past, all partially hydrogenated oils that had high Trans Fats also had a significant amount of PUFA.Doesn't specify if the coconut oil is fully or partially hydrogenated. Partially hydrogenated coconut oil contains trans fat, and given the high (16%) amount of it in diet A, if it is actually partially, and not not fully hydrogenated, those results are to be expected.
Also, despite the propaganda against them, some Trans Fats are naturally occurring, and seem to have health benefits, like Conjugated Linoleic Acid.
Since Coconut Oil is already 92% Saturated, all hydrogenated Coconut Oil is going to be as close to fully hydrogenated as you can get.