Thank you! Yeah, the morality one was meant to be what I wish I could tell my teenage self. Also, I wanted to keep it generic and uncontroversial because I think the people who could benefit most from it are more likely to be scared off by anything too unusual.
Well, arbitrary trans fats would be about as oily as arbitrary polyunsaturated fats, but most of the ones that occur are more stiff because this is the reason they exist—trans fats are usually byproducts of hydrogenation, which is where hydrogen is reacted with polyunsaturated fats to fill in the double bonds and make it more solid. So in practice, trans fats are more solid than unsaturated fats. The most common one, elaidic acid is otherwise completely saturated.
Also, I’m working on a follow up to the fatty acid article which goes into how the body uses fatty acids.
Thank you! Yeah, the morality one was meant to be what I wish I could tell my teenage self. Also, I wanted to keep it generic and uncontroversial because I think the people who could benefit most from it are more likely to be scared off by anything too unusual.
Well, arbitrary trans fats would be about as oily as arbitrary polyunsaturated fats, but most of the ones that occur are more stiff because this is the reason they exist—trans fats are usually byproducts of hydrogenation, which is where hydrogen is reacted with polyunsaturated fats to fill in the double bonds and make it more solid. So in practice, trans fats are more solid than unsaturated fats. The most common one, elaidic acid is otherwise completely saturated.
Also, I’m working on a follow up to the fatty acid article which goes into how the body uses fatty acids.