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Hydrogenated Oil Definition

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Karen Hellesvig-Gaskell

According to the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), trans fatty acids are also called hydrogenated fats. When you add hydrogen to liquid vegetable oil (a process called hydrogenation) and then add pressure, it results in a more solid fat, like what is found in a can of Crisco.

Karen Hellesvig-Gaskell is a broadcast journalist who began writing professionally in 1980. Her writing focuses on parenting and health, and has appeared in “Spirituality & Health Magazine" and “Essential Wellness.” Hellesvig-Gaskell has worked with autistic children at the Fraser School in Minneapolis and as a child care assistant for toddlers and preschoolers at the International School of Minnesota, Eden Prairie.