What if you suddenly discovered that a dangerous, life-threatening substance had made its way into nearly half the foods in your supermarket?
It’s not grocery terrorism or product tampering. It’s trans fat, and the FDA estimates that 2,500 to 5,600 deaths per year could be prevented if consumers were more informed about it.
But trans fat is [...]
Tags: Trans Fat
In the last year or so the food additive trans fat seems to be in the news health reports nearly everyday. Trans fat was first developed in the 1940’s by adding hydrogen molecules into vegetable oil, which partially hardens the oil which can be used in a variety of foods. It gives foods a better [...]
Tags: Cholesterol, Trans Fat
If you have heart disease or any health condition such as high cholesterol or high triglycerides, you may have started feeling a little apprehensive as you see the holiday season approaching. You are fully aware that plenty of sweets, cookies, pies, cakes and the like are going to be around during the next few weeks [...]
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It seems like every food manufacturing company is jumping on the band wagon with the “no trans fats” labeling. Sounds healthy, right? The truth is that these labels can be misleading to the general consumer who does not know what this means. Trans fats are the bad fats which are man made in which chemical [...]
Tags: Trans Fat