A type of trans fat found naturally in dairy and meat doesn’t harm blood vessel cells in the lab, even though it looks similar to the harmful ones in fried foods.

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Trans Fatty Acids Induce Vascular Inflammation and Reduce Vascular Nitric Oxide Production in Endothelial Cells

Cross-Sectional Study

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2011

Even though transvaccenic acid looks similar to harmful trans fats, the study found it doesn’t cause the same damage to blood vessel cells — it doesn’t trigger inflammation or block healthy blood flow like the bad ones do.

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Trans Fatty Acids Induce Vascular Inflammation and Reduce Vascular Nitric Oxide Production in Endothelial Cells

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029600

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Two types of artificial trans fats found in fried and baked foods make blood vessel cells more inflamed and less able to produce a chemical that helps blood vessels relax, but a different trans fat found in dairy doesn’t do this.

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Where the ‘kink’ is in the fat molecule decides whether it harms blood vessels — a kink at position 9 or 9+12 is bad, but at position 11 is harmless.

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