While I doubt that disecting studies will ever become a truly mass media event, this one's pretty funny for a geek like me. Hyper Lipid's hyper-dissection of this study does a nice job of showing how a "study" and its "conclusions" are supposed to be picked over and picked apart. Along the way, we can learn a little bit about the finer points of the study of fat metabolism and in particular its relationship to diabetes.
BLUF: Don't eat trans-fats unless you like being sick, and don't feed it to mice unless you want to confound your test results.
Also, a nice clarification in the post - what is the difference between partially hydrogenated and hydrogenated?
Cited Study Text:
The present study used hydrogenated corn oil for dietary fat sources since it has less harmful effect on diabetes than lard, even though it contained trans fat.27
Hyper Lipid Translation: This study did not use hydrogenated corn oil. It used PARTIALLY hydrogenated corn oil, full hydrogenation would eliminate all trans fats. Bollocks statement number two is that trans fats have a less harmful effect on diabetes than lard.
BLUF: Don't eat trans-fats unless you like being sick, and don't feed it to mice unless you want to confound your test results.
Also, a nice clarification in the post - what is the difference between partially hydrogenated and hydrogenated?
Cited Study Text:
The present study used hydrogenated corn oil for dietary fat sources since it has less harmful effect on diabetes than lard, even though it contained trans fat.27
Hyper Lipid Translation: This study did not use hydrogenated corn oil. It used PARTIALLY hydrogenated corn oil, full hydrogenation would eliminate all trans fats. Bollocks statement number two is that trans fats have a less harmful effect on diabetes than lard.
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