What is interesterfied?

Answer 1

As trans fat disappears from store shelves, another product is taking its place. Health advocates worry it could be even worse for our health than trans fat. It does preserve shelf life and taste, but cost in long run for health is the big issue. It does the same thing as trans fat: increase bad cholesterol and decrease good. However, it's also going to raise blood glucose or blood sugar by 20 percent. In a small study in Malaysia, researchers compared interesterified fats to diets with trans fats and partially hydrogenated soybean oil. The fat that had the most negative impact on HDL (good cholesterol) was the interesterified fat. this is a synthetic fat that is not naturally found in the diet and thus is foreign to the body. Given the importance of fats in the body we must stay away from these foreign fats lest we suffer the consequences.