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The latest research builds on ground-breaking new knowledge on aspecial 'family' of natural trans fats that are produced byruminant animals such as dairy and beef cattle, goats and sheep,and found in the milk and meat from these animals. The findingsstrengthen the evidence that, unlike industrial trans fats, thesenatural ruminant trans fats are not harmful and may in fact havehealth-enhancing potential. The key findings were presented at the 10th Congress for theInternational Society for the Study of Fatty Acids & Lipids(ISSFAL). "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," says Dr. Spencer Proctor, Director of theMetabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases Laboratory at the Universityof Alberta in Canada. "The research indicates that consuming thesenatural trans fats as part of a balanced diet is not a healthconcern. On the contrary, there is increasing evidence these are'good fats' and could be fundamentally health-enhancing. Theyshould not be an unintended target of the bid to rid the diet oftrans fats." ISSFAL is an International Scientific Society established in 1991,with members from more than 40 countries including scientists,medical professionals, educators, administrators, communicators andothers with an interest in the health effects of dietary fats, oilsand lipids. Among a number of key functions, ISSFAL has taken on animportant role in interpreting the new facts in each of these areasinto sound nutritional advice for the public. Proctor chaired a Symposium at the ISSFAL Congress that focused onthe health implications of natural ruminant trans fatty acids. Alsopresenting supporting findings were Dr. Jean-Michel Chardigny,National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), France; andDr. Marianne Uhre Jakobsen, Associate Professor, Public Health,Aarhus University, Denmark. The research to date is based on a strong foundation of animalmodel studies as well as a growing number of human studies, saythese scientists. "Our knowledge of natural trans fats isrelatively recent and we will continue to learn more about thehuman health implications," says Chardigny. "But clearly we knowthey are different from industrial trans fats and should not bepainted with the same brush." As a leading example, Chardigny presented findings of hismeta-analysis of 13 human intervention studies that have examinedthe impact of natural trans fats on cardiovascular health riskfactors. While there is a large body of research confirmingdetrimental effects of industrial trans fats, the research to dateon natural trans fats has revealed no such effects. "There is no association between natural trans fats intake andcholesterol-dependent cardiovascular risk factors," says Chardigny. This conclusion was further supported by Jakobsen's review ofobservational epidemiologic studies. "The findings indicate thatintake of natural trans fats is not associated with coronary heart disease within the range of intake in the general population." The scientific knowledge points to the need to clearlydifferentiate between natural and industrial trans fats on foodlabels and in health recommendations, say these scientists. Atmeetings in and around ISSFAL they and colleagues are exploringapproaches for further international collaboration amongresearchers as well as health and food regulatory authorities tomake progress on this front. "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," says Proctor. "We'reconfident we can achieve that by continuing to work together." Additional References Citations. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as Tube Labelling Machine , Hydraulic Tablet Press, and more. For more , please visit Auto Filling Machine today!
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