Elaidic acid (major transfat) has a melting point of 113F. And now I see that coconut oil is primarily lauric acid, with a melting point of 110F. They both look bad from the assessment of melting point greater than body temperature.
Have any papers that specifically discredit “liquid at temperature” health implications?
It seems like transfat was only exposed as a problem through long term evaluation, and the studies likely couldn’t determine if it was just transfat with melting points over a certain temp which caused the effects.
I don't know of science (which would be good to have), but it seem unlikely. Fat is broken down in the digestive system by various enzymes, and potentially dissolved in various solvents in the body. The simplistic analysis of melting temperatures is not useful, you need to figure out what happens in the context of the human body (other animals will have a different digestive system) which is very different from what happens on your kitchen counter.
Have any papers that specifically discredit “liquid at temperature” health implications?
It seems like transfat was only exposed as a problem through long term evaluation, and the studies likely couldn’t determine if it was just transfat with melting points over a certain temp which caused the effects.