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Re:Differences in cancer rates among adults born between 192... by red-iron-pine on Thursday August 01, 2024 @10:20AM (#41129368)
the trans fats are a big problem. a lot of those veggie oils turn into trans fats with high heat, so even if you're using the "good oils" you gotta make sure they're not overly heated
Re:Differences in cancer rates among adults born between 192... by kragen on Thursday August 01, 2024 @10:24AM (#41129409)
do you know of good research on how fast the trans fat levels rise with normal cooking temperatures? i'd like to know if i'm poisoning myself by frying eggs
Re:Differences in cancer rates among adults born between 192... by astura on Thursday August 01, 2024 @10:39AM (#41129575)
Re:Differences in cancer rates among adults born between 192... by kragen on Thursday August 01, 2024 @10:46AM (#41129638)
this is fantastic, exactly what i was hoping for! i wonder how i hadn't found this article before. thank you!

(also it's hilarious that the article's academic editor is named "meat hacker" in german)

the abstract says

> Overall, heating to temperatures <200 °C had no appreciable impact on different TFA levels. Between 200 and 240 °C, levels of C18:2 t (0.05% increase per 10 °C rise in temperature, 95% CI: 0.02 to 0.05%), C18:3t (0.18%, 95% CI: 0.14 to 0.21%), and total TFA (0.38%, 95% CI: 0.20 to 0.55%) increased with temperature. A further increase in total TFA was observed with prolonged heating between 200 and 240 °C. Our findings suggest that heating edible oils to common cooking temperatures (≤200 °C) has minimal effect on TFA generation whereas heating to higher temperatures can increase TFA level.

so i probably shouldn't worry too much about frying eggs in sunflower oil