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To the Editor: Several fast-food chains now advertise food cooked in "100 percent vegetable oil" or "100 percent cholesterol-free vegetable oil." The advertisements are often prominently displayed on the menu or directly on the food packaging. A consumer purchasing French fries billed as "cooked in 100 percent cholesterol-free vegetable oil" might be surprised to discover that they were, in fact, deep-fried in hydrogenated vegetable shortening.

In terms of its effect on serum cholesterol, hydrogenated shortening is not equivalent to unsaturated vegetable oil. There is evidence that the trans fatty acids found in hydrogenated fats raise low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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