http://www.malaysiabest.net/2006/11/03/the-bad-buzz-about-the-bad-fats-used-by-kfc-mcdonalds-and-etc/ Chinese, Western, Malaysia best foods blog Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:57:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.malaysiabest.net/2006/11/03/the-bad-buzz-about-the-bad-fats-used-by-kfc-mcdonalds-and-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-7593 Londonchinese Sat, 04 Nov 2006 23:42:44 +0000 http://www.malaysiabest.net/2006/11/03/the-bad-buzz-about-the-bad-fats-used-by-kfc-mcdonalds-and-etc/#comment-7593 I found your website through a web blog on the Overseas Singaporeans portal. I was very interested to read your comments about the kind of oil that certain of the more unscrupulous hawkers use for cooking, and I totally agree that this is a serious health factor. "Burnt" oil is rancid and loaded with carcinogens and goodness-know what other harmful chemicals, and is an even greater threat than trans-fats (although this is not excusing the use of the latter!). If people reported hawkers to the Public Health authorities for use of such oil, maybe we can put a stop to this abuse, both on the part of the hawkers and the restaurants that sell them this disgusting by-product. It may be of interest for you to know that in London (and I am sure in many other UK cities) many restaurants dispose of their used cooking oil by dumping it down the drains - this has also resulted in a serious environmental hazard as the used fat has coagulated and is blocking many drains as well as providing food for rats and cockroaches! I found your website through a web blog on the Overseas Singaporeans portal. I was very interested to read your comments about the kind of oil that certain of the more unscrupulous hawkers use for cooking, and I totally agree that this is a serious health factor. “Burnt” oil is rancid and loaded with carcinogens and goodness-know what other harmful chemicals, and is an even greater threat than trans-fats (although this is not excusing the use of the latter!). If people reported hawkers to the Public Health authorities for use of such oil, maybe we can put a stop to this abuse, both on the part of the hawkers and the restaurants that sell them this disgusting by-product. It may be of interest for you to know that in London (and I am sure in many other UK cities) many restaurants dispose of their used cooking oil by dumping it down the drains – this has also resulted in a serious environmental hazard as the used fat has coagulated and is blocking many drains as well as providing food for rats and cockroaches!

]]> http://www.malaysiabest.net/2006/11/03/the-bad-buzz-about-the-bad-fats-used-by-kfc-mcdonalds-and-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-7539 soohk Sat, 04 Nov 2006 06:38:23 +0000 http://www.malaysiabest.net/2006/11/03/the-bad-buzz-about-the-bad-fats-used-by-kfc-mcdonalds-and-etc/#comment-7539 Oh yeah, recycle oil kills...not now but later..and I heard there are suppose to have some kind of regulation on it. Heard from my sis, that a hawker selling "frying ghost" was apprehended by the authority because of it. My sis the oil looks like car engine oil.... Oh yeah, recycle oil kills…not now but later..and I heard there are suppose to have some kind of regulation on it. Heard from my sis, that a hawker selling “frying ghost” was apprehended by the authority because of it. My sis the oil looks like car engine oil….

]]> http://www.malaysiabest.net/2006/11/03/the-bad-buzz-about-the-bad-fats-used-by-kfc-mcdonalds-and-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-7533 Cynthia J. Sat, 04 Nov 2006 03:15:35 +0000 http://www.malaysiabest.net/2006/11/03/the-bad-buzz-about-the-bad-fats-used-by-kfc-mcdonalds-and-etc/#comment-7533 For more info on Trans Fat, go here: 1. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4776 2. http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2003/503_fats.html For more info on Trans Fat, go here:
1. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4776
2. http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2003/503_fats.html

]]> http://www.malaysiabest.net/2006/11/03/the-bad-buzz-about-the-bad-fats-used-by-kfc-mcdonalds-and-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-7531 Cynthia J. Sat, 04 Nov 2006 03:10:42 +0000 http://www.malaysiabest.net/2006/11/03/the-bad-buzz-about-the-bad-fats-used-by-kfc-mcdonalds-and-etc/#comment-7531 Have you heard or seen any recipe that calls for 'spry'? It is actually a type of vegetable shortening. This type of fat although derived from vegetable, is a cheaper alternative to palm/corn/soybean oil. Shortening is made through the chemical process of hydrogenation of oils thus solidifies liquid oil. This process creates trans fat. Fast food places use this type of oil to deep their fries. Home cooked/fried food using regular cooking oils such as the palm/corn/soybean oil are safe as these oils are not hydrogenated. Have you heard or seen any recipe that calls for ‘spry’? It is actually a type of vegetable shortening. This type of fat although derived from vegetable, is a cheaper alternative to palm/corn/soybean oil. Shortening is made through the chemical process of hydrogenation of oils thus solidifies liquid oil. This process creates trans fat. Fast food places use this type of oil to deep their fries. Home cooked/fried food using regular cooking oils such as the palm/corn/soybean oil are safe as these oils are not hydrogenated.

]]> http://www.malaysiabest.net/2006/11/03/the-bad-buzz-about-the-bad-fats-used-by-kfc-mcdonalds-and-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-7499 tonixe Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:31:27 +0000 http://www.malaysiabest.net/2006/11/03/the-bad-buzz-about-the-bad-fats-used-by-kfc-mcdonalds-and-etc/#comment-7499 sounds scary man, means eating out in hawker squares v risky business. sounds scary man, means eating out in hawker squares v risky business.

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