Math-Sci Seminar

Speaker:  Prof. Dr. Selim Küsefoğlu, The Chemistry Department, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul

Title: Ahmet Ate Fried Patatoes, Ahmet Died Young: "Isomerism and Oxidation of Edible Plant Oils" 

Date:  Thu 21 Dec, 2006
Time: 16:45
Place: Science Building, Room Z42

Abstract:

The way we cook our food determines its quality. In the last 30
years we find ourselves abandoning the traditional methods of
cooking which brings serious health risks. Plant oil triglycerides
contain unsaturated fatty acids that have cis and non-conjugated
structures. Most cooking operations, but especially deep frying,
changes the structure to trans and conjugated. This has very serious
consequences for the health of our arteries.

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