sand-not-oil
07-03-2004, 06:13 PM
I have been looking at a lot of stuff recently about trans fats check out this website http://www.bantransfats.com
This is from that website
"There are four kinds of fats: monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, saturated fat, and trans fat. Monounsaturated fat and polyunsaturated fat are the "good" fats. There is a conflict of opinion about saturated fat, but the majority opinion is that consumption of saturated fat should be kept low. Trans fat from partially hydrogenated vegetable oils is very bad, much worse than saturated fat.
Trans fats cause significant and serious lowering of HDL (good) cholesterol and a significant and serious increase in LDL (bad) cholesterol; make the arteries more rigid; cause major clogging of arteries; cause or contribute to type 2 diabetes; and cause or contribute to other serious health problems. Trans fats are placed into food to increase shelf life, but they decrease human life. "
Once I started researching more into this, the more I think that I've been poisoning myself for years. I started to look at food labels and found that this stuff is in quite a bit of my everyday foods, even my so called healthy cereal Cheerios! I've looked into quite a few foods that I used to eat regularly before being diagnosed, and you've guessed it nearly every one has these trans fats.
The questions I now ask are:
:confused: "Did I poison my body so much with this stuff that my pancreas decided to quit on me?"
:confused: "If this stuff is so bad that the US medical/food board say there is no safe amount to eat, then why are food manufacturers still putting it in their products and why are governments still letting them?"
:confused: "We diabetics have a greater risk of developing heart disease than the rest of the population in general, and this stuff has really nasty effects on good & bad cholesterol (proven), so how come no professional has ever mentioned avoiding trans fats to me (my nutritionist even had Cheerios on her good to eat list)?
Well as you can guess I am now ending my first trans fat-free week (I think so, but not everything has a contents food label), and my only big inconvenience was taking longer to shop at the supermarket (reading labels can be tedious). I'll let you know if it affects me any other ways in the future, but I urge you all to check it out.
I know that I have given a link to a website that is obviously biased, but if you do what I did and do a bit of your own research:nerd:, you'll see that trans fats don't seem to have that many supporters, except from ther people making a lot of money out of them!
This is from that website
"There are four kinds of fats: monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, saturated fat, and trans fat. Monounsaturated fat and polyunsaturated fat are the "good" fats. There is a conflict of opinion about saturated fat, but the majority opinion is that consumption of saturated fat should be kept low. Trans fat from partially hydrogenated vegetable oils is very bad, much worse than saturated fat.
Trans fats cause significant and serious lowering of HDL (good) cholesterol and a significant and serious increase in LDL (bad) cholesterol; make the arteries more rigid; cause major clogging of arteries; cause or contribute to type 2 diabetes; and cause or contribute to other serious health problems. Trans fats are placed into food to increase shelf life, but they decrease human life. "
Once I started researching more into this, the more I think that I've been poisoning myself for years. I started to look at food labels and found that this stuff is in quite a bit of my everyday foods, even my so called healthy cereal Cheerios! I've looked into quite a few foods that I used to eat regularly before being diagnosed, and you've guessed it nearly every one has these trans fats.
The questions I now ask are:
:confused: "Did I poison my body so much with this stuff that my pancreas decided to quit on me?"
:confused: "If this stuff is so bad that the US medical/food board say there is no safe amount to eat, then why are food manufacturers still putting it in their products and why are governments still letting them?"
:confused: "We diabetics have a greater risk of developing heart disease than the rest of the population in general, and this stuff has really nasty effects on good & bad cholesterol (proven), so how come no professional has ever mentioned avoiding trans fats to me (my nutritionist even had Cheerios on her good to eat list)?
Well as you can guess I am now ending my first trans fat-free week (I think so, but not everything has a contents food label), and my only big inconvenience was taking longer to shop at the supermarket (reading labels can be tedious). I'll let you know if it affects me any other ways in the future, but I urge you all to check it out.
I know that I have given a link to a website that is obviously biased, but if you do what I did and do a bit of your own research:nerd:, you'll see that trans fats don't seem to have that many supporters, except from ther people making a lot of money out of them!