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The Fats Series Part Four: The Trouble with Trans Fats
This quote made me livid!
“It isn’t enough to see “0g” on the back of the food label, since the food industry has somehow negotiated with the FDA to allow a label to read “0g” when there is in fact “less than 0.5g” of Tran’s fats per serving in the product”
People have to get into the habit of reading labels and ingredients.
I can’t believe the FDA would approve something like this. If people eat processed food through out the day (which i highly do not recommend) and the label says zero Trans fat, in reality they are getting anywhere between 1-6 grams of Trans fat.
Most people do not even follow recommended serving size!!! That’s really scary……
“It isn’t enough to see “0g” on the back of the food label, since the food industry has somehow negotiated with the FDA to allow a label to read “0g” when there is in fact “less than 0.5g” of Tran’s fats per serving in the product”
People have to get into the habit of reading labels and ingredients.
I can’t believe the FDA would approve something like this. If people eat processed food through out the day (which i highly do not recommend) and the label says zero Trans fat, in reality they are getting anywhere between 1-6 grams of Trans fat.
Most people do not even follow recommended serving size!!! That’s really scary……
Dr. Mercola’s Health Blog
According to Dr. Mercola and many other health experts, there are no safe levels when it comes to trans fat consumption because serious health effects may occur at low levels.
In fact, the Harvard School of Health warns that if you add just 2 percent more calories from trans fat to your diet, you increase your risk of heart disease by 23 percent!
How to Avoid Trans Fats
Experts predict removing trans fats from all margarines will prevent more than 6,000 heart attacks yearly and that eliminating trans fat from just 3 percent of breads and cakes and 15 percent of cookies and crackers will help save as much as 59 billion dollars in health care costs in the next two decades.
New York has banned trans fat from being used in restaurants. Through the years, fast food chains have also gradually reduced the trans fat content in their menus. Developments like these should help curb the consumption of these harmful fats.
As a consumer, you can avoid trans fats by:
• Eliminating processed foods from your diet
• Avoiding fast foods, especially deep fried foods
• Using butter instead of margarine and vegetable oil spreads
• Using coconut oil or olive oil for cooking
• Learning how to read food labels properly. “Partially hydrogenated” and shortening are keywords for trans fat content
According to Dr. Mercola and many other health experts, there are no safe levels when it comes to trans fat consumption because serious health effects may occur at low levels.
In fact, the Harvard School of Health warns that if you add just 2 percent more calories from trans fat to your diet, you increase your risk of heart disease by 23 percent!
How to Avoid Trans Fats
Experts predict removing trans fats from all margarines will prevent more than 6,000 heart attacks yearly and that eliminating trans fat from just 3 percent of breads and cakes and 15 percent of cookies and crackers will help save as much as 59 billion dollars in health care costs in the next two decades.
New York has banned trans fat from being used in restaurants. Through the years, fast food chains have also gradually reduced the trans fat content in their menus. Developments like these should help curb the consumption of these harmful fats.
As a consumer, you can avoid trans fats by:
• Eliminating processed foods from your diet
• Avoiding fast foods, especially deep fried foods
• Using butter instead of margarine and vegetable oil spreads
• Using coconut oil or olive oil for cooking
• Learning how to read food labels properly. “Partially hydrogenated” and shortening are keywords for trans fat content
How they create Trans fats!!
Trans fats are created using a process called hydrogenation.
Vegetable oil is heated in the presence of hydrogen which makes the vegetable oil less likely to spoil, and it also turns to a solid fat making it easier to ship from one place to another.
Whenever you read a nutrition label and find “partially hydrogenated vegetable oil” in the ingredient list, drop the food item and run the other way. It is full of trans fats.
Food producers use trans fat-filled products in their baked goods, margarines, and processed foods because it is cheap and will not spoil quickly. In other words: higher profits.
Trans fats also make good cholesterol levels bad and bad cholesterol levels worse by raising LDL levels and lowering HDL levels.
Trans fats are created using a process called hydrogenation.
Vegetable oil is heated in the presence of hydrogen which makes the vegetable oil less likely to spoil, and it also turns to a solid fat making it easier to ship from one place to another.
Whenever you read a nutrition label and find “partially hydrogenated vegetable oil” in the ingredient list, drop the food item and run the other way. It is full of trans fats.
Food producers use trans fat-filled products in their baked goods, margarines, and processed foods because it is cheap and will not spoil quickly. In other words: higher profits.
Trans fats also make good cholesterol levels bad and bad cholesterol levels worse by raising LDL levels and lowering HDL levels.
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