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Researchers in Canada have gained new insights into the howdifferent types of trans fats impact health. Their findings add tonew knowledge on a special 'family' of natural trans fats that areproduced by animals, such as sheep, goats, and cattle, and found inthe milk and meat from these animals. According to the researchers, these natural ruminant trans fats aredifferent to industrial trans fats as they are not harmful and maypotentially improve health. Dr. Spencer Proctor, Director of the Metabolic and CardiovascularDisease Laboratory at the University of Alberta in Canada,explained: "We are learning there is a very important public health message toconvey about ruminant natural trans fats and how these aredifferent from the industrial trans fats that have been targeted asharmful to health. The research indicates that consuming these natural trans fats aspart of a balanced diet is not a health concern. On the contrary,there is increasing evidence these are 'good fats' and could befundamentally health-enhancing. They should not be an unintendedtarget of the bid to rid the diet of trans fats." To date, the research on natural trans fats has been based on astrong foundation of animal model studies and an increasing numberof clinical trials. Dr. Jean-Michel Chardigny, National Institute for AgriculturalResearch (INRA) in France said: "Our knowledge of natural trans fats is relatively recent and willwe continue to learn more about the human health implications. Butclearly we know they are different from industrial trans fats andshould not be painted with the same brush." Chardigny examined data from 13 clinical trials that analyzed theeffect of natural trans fats on cardiovascular health risk factors.According to Chardigny, several studies confirmed the harmfuleffects of industrial trans fats, but research to date on naturaltrans fats has revealed no such effects. Chardigny explained: "There is no association between natural transfats intake and cholesterol-dependent cardiovascular risk factors." According to Dr. Marianne Uhre Jakobsen, Associate Professor,Public Health, Aarhus University, Denmark "The findings indicatethat intake of natural trans fats is not associated with coronary heart disease within the range of intake in the general population." The researchers state that health recommendations and food labelsneed to clearly differentiate between industrial and natural transfats. These scientists and their colleagues are exploring approaches forfurther international collaboration among researchers as well ashealth and food regulatory authorities in order to make progress onthis front. Proctor explained: "We want to help the public better understand the very differenthealth implications of the two different categories of trans fats,including through the nutrition information they get on food labels. We're confident we canachieve that be continuing to work together." Findings from the study were presented at the the 10th Congress forthe International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids & Lipids(ISSFAL). Written by Grace Rattue Copyright: Medical News Today Not to be reproduced without permission of Medical News Today Additional References Citations. I am an expert from encrustingmachines.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Meat Ball Forming Machine , Food Processing Machineries, Automatic Encrusting and Forming Machine,and more.
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