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"When we metabolize trans fat, it behaves similar to saturated fat, leading to a higher risk of heart disease and other chronic diseases. Trans fats have adverse effects on HDL-C and LDL-C. Trans fatty acids also have an adverse effect on cell membranes, making them stiffer, and in general are associated with increased inflammatory and oxidative damage. Trans fatty acid levels are determined by the amount of hydrogenated oils in a food. Foods such as doughnuts, french fries, margarine, most cookies, and any food that contains "partially hydrogenated oils" contain trans fats." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Cubbison's Cheese and Garlic Croutons Beware of the trans fat Shell Game In 2006, the FDA began to require food companies to list trans fats (which are linked to prediabetes and cardiovascular disease) in Nutrition Facts boxes; however, amounts of trans fats that are less than 0.5 (one-half) gram per serving do not have to be listed. In other words, products containing 0.49 gram of trans fats (or less) can be labeled as having zero trans fats per serving. The catch? People can easily consume one or more grams by eating a large serving or two servings." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.)

"Food and Drug Administration for making manufacturers disclose trans fat content on the labels of food products starting in 2006. We also applaud those fast-food restaurant chains that have eliminated trans fats. We hope that trans fats might someday be banned altogether. For more information on trans fats, see the special report on the Web site of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (www.cspinet.org). 10. High Blood Pressure Hypertension, or high blood pressure as it is commonly known, is not really a disease." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"Example: Benecol, a soft-spread substitute for margarine or butter, is advertised as promoting heart health by lowering cholesterol. It does this—but it also contains "less than" 0.5 g of trans fats per tablespoon. This means that if you used one tablespoon four times a day, which is the amount recommended to lower cholesterol, you could consume nearly 14 g of trans fats in a week, just from Benecol spread alone. Many companies are replacing trans fats with saturated fats, fust because something has zero trans fats doesn't mean people can eat as much as they want." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"The FDA now requires the disclosure of levels of trans fat on food labels, but there is still a major loophole that actually requires manufacturers to label any food containing 0.5 grams or less of trans fats with zero trans fats. This system actually forces manufacturers to lie to consumers. Protect yourself by making it a habit to read the label of each product to see if it contains partially hydrogenated oil or shortening. If it does, do not buy it and do not eat it. Do not even think about it. Consuming trans fats is a gamble with your health and your life." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

"During the process of hydrogenation, the shape of the fatty acid changes into a dangerous "trans" configuration, or trans fat. Hydrogenated soy or palm oil is in most packaged foods, as this extends their shelf lives. The body simply can't handle hydrogenated oils. Some symptoms of ill health that seem to come out of nowhere are actually caused by trans fat ingestion: examples are bloating, sore throat and acne. Research shows conclusively that trans fats contribute to Type II diabetes. Their ingestion also increases the risk of heart disease, cancer and autoimmune disease." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"In contrast to man-made trans fats, the natural trans fatty acids found in milk and meat may actually be a boon to health. The trans fat conjugated linoleic acid, for example has been shown to exert anti-cancer effects in animals and appears to slightly enhance fat loss and muscle gain in humans. Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of trans fatty acids in the modern diet are derived from hydrogenated oils, and the wide array of foods to which these fats are added." - Anthony Colpo, The Great Cholesterol Con: Why Everything You've been Told About Cholesterol, Diet and Heart Disease is Wrong (Get the book.)

"There are three primary types of fat in foods: unsaturated fats, saturated fats, and trans fatty acids, or "trans fat" as it is commonly called. The body actually requires both unsaturated and saturated fats. But trans fats, also known as hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated, are the ones to stay away from. These man-made fats are extremely unhealthy in so many ways. Trans Fats. Trans fatty acids are produced when vegetable oils are heated under pressure with hydrogen and a catalyst, in a process called hydrogenation." - Pat Sullivan, Wellness Piece by Piece: How a Successful Entrepreneur Discovered the Pieces to His Chronic Health Puzzle (Get the book.)

"All food labels are required to state the item's trans fat content per serving, although a value of zero (0) grams per serving can mean the serving contains up to 0.4 grams (manufacturers are not required to reveal any amount less than 0.5 grams per serving). Trans fats are typically found in commercially processed foods that have been prepared under conditions of high heat, such as snack foods (for example, potato chips and roasted nuts), frozen foods (including entrees, snacks, whole dinners, desserts), commercially made cookies and crackers, packaged dinners, and baked goods ?" - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"Consume less than 2 percent of calories in trans fat (the "partially hydrogenated oil" found in many margarines and many baked goods, cookies, crackers, candy bars, and breakfast cereals; check ingredient labels). The optimal daily intake of trans fat: none. 5. Keep your body mass index (BMI) from going over 25 (meaning, don't be overweight for your height). The good news is that if you do the other things on this list, your weight will be much easier to keep in check. 6. Use seat belts and bike helmets." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"In a study conducted in the Netherlands, researchers examining a population with high trans fat intake concluded this type of diet contributes to coronary heart disease risk. According to their results published in the Lancet, decreasing this type of fat intake could have a large public health impact. Finally, in the United States, the FDA has ruled that, by 2006, all trans fats must be listed on food labels, thus allowing shoppers to make informed decisions about what they put in their bodies. HIDDEN TRANS FATS Trans fats are often found in processed and convenience foods." - Holly Lucille, Creating and Maintaining Balance: A Woman's Guide to Safe Natural Hormone Health (Get the book.)

"About 15 percent of the fat in the typical Western diet is trans fat. Trans fatty acids affect more than just our cardiovascular health. According to Mary Enig, Ph.D., when monkeys were fed trans fat-containing margarine in their diets, their red blood cells did not bind insulin as well as when they were not fed trans.13 This suggests a relationship with diabetes. Trans fatty acids have been linked with a variety of adverse health effects including cancer, heart disease, MS, diverticulitis, complications of diabetes, and other degenerative conditions." - Bruce Fife and Jon J. Kabara, The Healing Miracle of Coconut Oil (Get the book.)

"Now the biochemistry has been radically changed for the worse, since a trans fat molecule is unstable and can't be broken down properly. One of the damaging properties of trans fat is how it can get stuck on the inside of the artery walls, becoming arterial plaque. To give an analogy, the molecules of cooked fat solidify like a piece of soft, mushy bubble gum. The more the trans fat gets stuck to the arterial walls, the more likely we will develop blockages throughout the entire arterial system." - Timothy Brantley, The Cure: Heal Your Body, Save Your Life (Get the book.)

"Amounts as low as 2 or 3 grams of trans fat a day can increase risk of heart disease. Look for hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated on food labels to identify those that contain trans fats. The nurses' health study revealed that women who ate the greatest amount of trans fats had a 50 percent greater risk of heart disease. In July 2003, the Food and Drug Administration mandated that trans fats be listed on food and supplement labels by 2006." - Vincent Giampapa, Ronald Pero, and Marcia Zimmerman, The Anti-Aging Solution: 5 Simple Steps to Looking and Feeling Young (Get the book.)

"The worst offender is trans fat, found in shortening and often disguised under the term partially hydrogenated vegetable oils. It's equally important to avoid corn, soybean, and peanut oils, which are all high in inflammation-promoting compounds that promote damaging stress responses. Examples: Nearly all fried foods are cooked in a blend of unhealthy oils, including trans fats. Heating increases the amount of trans fat, sometimes up to 40 percent of the oil. French fries and chicken nuggets are saturated with these awful fats." - Jack Challem, The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, Overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again (Get the book.)

"When a fat gets cooked for as little as three minutes at a relatively low temperature, it not only kills the inherent enzyme in that food that is so vital in breaking down and delivering the fat, it also flips the hydrogen bonds into something new, called a trans fat. Now the biochemistry has been radically changed for the worse, since a trans fat molecule is unstable and can't be broken down properly. One of the damaging properties of trans fat is how it can get stuck on the inside of the artery walls, becoming arterial plaque." - Timothy Brantley, The Cure: Heal Your Body, Save Your Life (Get the book.)

"Generally, no more than 10 percent of your calories should come from saturated and trans fat (and your goal should be to minimize the amount of trans fat in your diet as much as possible), and since people with diabetes are at high risk for or BENEFITS OF DIETARY FATS Essential fatty acids ?help promote healthy nerve function ?help your body absorb the fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K) ?keep your brain in good running order; your brain is composed of 60 percent fat and needs an optimal balance of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids to function ?" - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"While listing the trans fat content in food labels has long been up to the manufacturer's discretion, a report from the Institute of Medicine, concluding that there is no safe level of trans fats in the diet, finally prompted the Food and Drug Administration to require that trans fats be listed as part of the Nutrition Facts food label.48 This decision came after several years of negotiations. Until trans fats are labeled, which will be in the year 2006, it still takes a little detective work to uncover their presence. The simplest approach: Check the ingredient list for "hydrogenated oils." - Bradley J. Willcox, M.D., D. Craig Willcox, Ph.D., Makoto Suzuki, M.D., The Okinawa Diet Plan : Get Leaner, Live Longer, and Never Feel Hungry (Get the book.)

"The good news is that new labeling laws let you know how much trans fat is in a product. And by limiting full-fat dairy products, higher-fat red meats, poultry skin, stick margarine (except cholesterol-lowering types), cookies, crackers, and fast-food french fries, you can significantly reduce your risk of heart disease. Try to keep saturated fat to less than 7 percent of your total calories per day (about 15 grams for a 2,000-calorie diet), and try to eliminate trans fats completely." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"It turns out that "a higher intake of trans fat can contribute to increased risk of CHD through multiple mechanisms"; to wit, it raises bad cholesterol and lowers good cholesterol (something not even the evil saturated fats can do); it increases triglycerides, a risk factor for CHD; it promotes inflammation and possibly thrombogenesis (clotting) , and it may promote insulin resistance. trans fat is really bad stuff, apparently, fully twice as bad as saturated fat in its impact on cholesterol ratios." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"There's actually one trans fat, believe it or not, that's found naturally and is one of the most beneficial fats you can consume. It not only has an impressive research history showing it has anticancer properties, it also has an emerging body of research behind it showing it's quite effective for fat loss. The name of the trans fat in question? CLA. I'll never forget seeing a series of photos years ago that came out of an early study on overweight rodents given CLA in their diets." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Next, Joseph targeted McDonald's (in two lawsuits) for defrauding the public about the level of trans fat in its cooking oil. "The cases eventually settled, with McDonald's agreeing to pay $1.5 million to notify its customers that it hadn't switched to a trans fat-reduced oil, as previously promised, and another $7 million to the American Heart Association to fund a trans fat education program," Joseph adds. Taking legal action against the food industry isn't new. For example, in 1983 the Committee on Children's Television, Inc." - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.)

"Holland has reduced the trans fat in their food supply from 6 percent of calories down to 1 percent of calories in 10 years, so they've been making some big changes in Europe." Epilogue Palm fruit oil in its natural or minimally refined state provides a balance of saturated and unsaturated fat. In its unrefined state, it supplies carotenes and tocopherols and is one of the few common oils that contains reasonable amounts of tocotrienols. Palmitic acid, the main saturated fat in palm fruit oil, does not raise cholesterol when consumed with a low cholesterol diet." - Gene A. Spiller, The Trans Fats Dilemma and Natural Palm Oil (Get the book.)

"When the hydrogen atoms are on opposite sides it is referred to as a trans fat. The cis form is bent while the trans form is straight as an arrow. Because the trans fats have a straight configuration, they no longer fit into the cell membranes properly, making the cell function abnormally. In addition, the trans form interferes with certain enzymes, leading to things like atherosclerosis, heart attacks, strokes, and degenerative brain disorders. For decades, the USDA and their scientists denied that trans fats were harmful. It was the untiring efforts and scientific work of lipid scientist Dr." - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.)

"There is still much more we need to learn about this whole trans fat story." Kalyana Sundram, Ph.D. Head of Food Technology and Nutrition Unit, Malaysian Palm Oil Board "Palm oil originated from West Africa. In West Africa, when technology is not available, they simply take the oil palm fruit, put it in a pot and cook a stew out of it. The oil leaches out along with its constituents—provitamin A, carotenoids and vitamin E. We have perfected a technology for Malaysian palm oil, and this technology allows us to produce red palm oil that retains its carotene content and its vitamin E content." - Gene A. Spiller, The Trans Fats Dilemma and Natural Palm Oil (Get the book.)

"Some symptoms of ill health that seem to come out of nowhere are actually caused by trans fat ingestion: examples are bloating, sore throat and acne. Research shows conclusively that trans fats contribute to Type II diabetes. Their ingestion also increases the risk of heart disease, cancer and autoimmune disease. Over 100 studies have been ignored by the FDA and mainstream media because of the potential economic impact on processed food industries." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"There are reasons that they like to use trans fat. The majority of the fat used in the U.S. food supply is from soybean oil, and soybean oil is a good source of omega-3 fatty acids, which are essential. But omega-3 fatty acids do tend to go rancid if the product sits on the shelf for many months. The baking industry has an expectation that baked goods can sit on shelves around the country for six months?" - Gene A. Spiller, The Trans Fats Dilemma and Natural Palm Oil (Get the book.) "By putting trans fat information on food labels, we are making it possible for consumers to make better educated choices to lower their intake of these unhealthy fats and cholesterol. It's just one more way we're helping consumers lead healthier lives." The new information is the first significant change on the Nutrition Facts panel since it was established in 1993." - Gene A. Spiller, The Trans Fats Dilemma and Natural Palm Oil (Get the book.)

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