I've been "aware" of the trans fats issue, and trying to vaguely watch how much I consume for awhile, but this semester, the "trans" issue has come up so much in my organic chemistry classes and microbiology classes that I feel much more compelled to actually pay attention. Just knowing the actual biochem behind it is far more compeling than alarmist newscasts and such that make it seem like just one more fad...
Avoiding them completing really is not that much a change from the IBS diet (if we are limiting fat intake in general, it makes so much more sense for the fats we consume to be the "good" kind...), and since they are found mostly in processed foods anyway (many of which already have HFCS and other triggers), it seems pretty natural in that respect too.
The only problem is, in several products, the partially hydrogenated oils are what is used in place of dairy, and give things their creamy consistency (which I've seriously come to value lately--I don't miss dairy at all...just creaminess). So, without dairy, or trans fats, some things get much more difficult to find (baked goods and things especially...most dairy free margarines are partially hydrogenated soybean oils, etc.)
Has anyone else tried to avoid trans fats and found this to be an issue? How do you get around it?
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