If you’re the type of person who regularly reads the labels of the types of food you eat, you may have come across this word that is challenging to pronounce and sounds more like hard fuel for a military tanker. In one of my articles, I mentioned about processed foods and how they add a heavy burden to your digestive disorders. However, a topic on processed foods without mentioning hydrogenated oils would not be complete.
Various food manufacturers have taken the fat we use through a process called hydrogenation. It simply means adding bubbles of hydrogen to an oil to make it solidify. Some examples of hydrogenated oils are margarine and vegetable shortening. If you can’t read it on most of your food labels, then it might have its other, more familiar name: fully saturated fats, which are obviously the cause of increased blood cholesterol (and in turn give way to other diseases and illnesses such as heart, diabetes and cancer).
Apart from the fact that they do not contain nutrients and almost no beneficial ingredient, hydrogenated oils worsen the oGe or acid reflux, since they contribute more to the acidic environment within their stomach.
Hydrogen and partially hydrogenated oils can be found in a wide variety of products, but it seems that their favorite has always been: processed foods. If you could take a closer look at the ingredient label on anything in your kitchen that is contained in a box, jar, can, or bag, these types of foods are more likely to contain those oils.
However, it is important to distinguish the difference between the good fats and bad fats, especially if you want to naturally cure your grade, acid reflux or any digestive disorder you have. Your body needs fast to thrive, but it needs the right kind. Bad fats are hydrogenated, partially hydrogenated or animal fats (pork, bacon or salt). Good fats, on the other hand, include real butter (with an emphasis on “real”) and not the “light” alternative. Other examples include canola oil, olive oil, safflower oil, and sesame oil.
