Am I fat?

A long time ago I was grocery shopping - finding a big conflict between my budget consciousness and my health consciousness - deciding between the butter I held in one hand and the margarine I held in the other hand. A woman leaned towards me and said that margarine was about the worst thing I could put in my body - hydrogenation involved making oils, naturally liquid at room temperature, into something that would stay solid; that this process left traces of nickel - and who knows what else - which was used as a catalyst in the margarine.

She said that margarine actually worsens cholesterol (I confirmed the science on this subsequently) compared to butter which at least is a real substance in nature and if eaten in moderation, not bad. As I was interested, she further explained, hydrogenated oils make cell receptors rigid, and unable to function properly. Read more »