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"So are many of the omega-6 fats (found in vegetable oils such as corn, saf-flower, and sunflower oil). Even though dietitians have been proclaiming that all cholesterol-free vegetable oils are heart healthy, we beg to differ. There is growing evidence that Americans consume way too much omega-6 and not nearly enough omega-3 fats (found in certain fish as well as walnuts and flaxseed). Because of this imbalance, we suggest you try to limit your intake of omega-6-rich vegetable oils. Which fats are the superstars? Clearly, olive oil is one of the very best." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"During this process some of the polyunsaturated fats undergo chemical transformations, which turn them into trans fatty acids (trans fats), often referred to as "hydrogenated vegetable oils." Margarine may be composed of up to 54 percent trans fatty acids while a typical vegetable shortening can be 58 percent trans fats. You can detect hydrogenated vegetable oils in foods by reading the labels." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"The items primitives received in trade were much the same everywhere: a few pieces of clothing, some trinkets, certain vegetable oils, jams and jellies, white flour and sugar. No matter where in the world these primitives lived, ninety percent of the total items they received in trade consisted of white flour and sugar. These two foods accounted for their severe degeneration and downfall. It was clearly demonstrated that most of the diseases, which developed after adopting these foods, were not caused by genetics, but were caused by environment.26 The two totally unrelated studies by Dr." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"An omega-6 fatty acid found in vegetable oils, nuts, and seeds. Given the proper conditions, the body converts LA to GLA and eventually into prostaglandin 1. GLA: Gamma-linolenic acid. LA gets converted to GLA by enzymes in the body. Certain foods, habits, and events (saturated fat, partially hydrogenated oils, stress, aging, drinking alcohol) disrupt this conversion so that only 5 to 10 percent of LA gets converted to GLA. It may be better to get GLA directly from evening primrose oil, black currant oil, or borage oil supplements. ALA: Alpha-linolenic acid." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "Plant sterols are naturally occurring cholesterol derivatives from vegetable oils, nuts, soy, corn, woods, and beans. The hydrogenation of plant sterols produces stands. Sterols and stanols are often referred to generically by the term phytosterols. Phytosterols have a chemical structure similar to cholesterol, and the consumption of these plant sterols reduces the absorption of cholesterol and thus reduces circulating cholesterol levels. Even modest additions have been found to lower total blood cholesterol and LDL cholesterol by about 10 percent." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Dairy products, especially milk. (d) vegetable oils. PART THREE The Macro Minerals Introduction to the Macro Minerals Macro minerals play a substantial role in our lives. They are the building blocks of life. The macro minerals include calcium, phosphorus, sulfur, potassium, sodium, chloride, and magnesium. These minerals are found in the greatest abundance in the diet and are found in the highest amounts in the body. Calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium play a large role in the formation and structure of bones." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"Trans fats are formed when liquid vegetable oils go through a chemical process called hydrogenation. Hydrogen added to fat makes it more solid. Trans fats are not normally found in nature, and our bodies have a hard time metabolizing them. (Sound familiar? I liken this to the difference between synthetic and natural hormones.) Industry loves trans fats because products made with them never seem to go bad (it seems bacteria can't handle them, either)." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"These are natural vegetable oils that have not been chemically processed. The problem in today's world is that the ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fats in our diet has changed dramatically. We have been flooded with polyunsaturated vegetable oils of poor quality. These "refined" oils include most commercially available cooking oils: corn oil, "vegetable oil," safflower oil, and others. Check your own kitchen cabinet and see if you have a bottle of this stuff in there. It is almost everywhere these days, and the amount in which it is used is very unhealthy." - Mark Hyman, Ultra-Metabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss (Get the book.)

"Since the industrial revolution and the advent of vegetable oils, our diets have gradually changed. Living busy lives dependent upon easy-to-prepare, easy-to-pick-up fast foods, we have developed diets that are typically high in omega-6 and low in omega-3 (often twenty to fifty times more omega-6 than omega-3). Consequently, as our diets have changed, disease patterns have shifted toward more depression, hormone imbalance, and diseases of inflammation, including a high incidence of autoimmune diseases, particularly in women." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Plant sterols occur naturally in vegetable oils and are normally found at low levels in the diet, whereas plant stands are created by chemical hydrogenation of sterols extracted from wood pulp and other sources. They are thought to function similarly in the intestine, and research suggests both help to reduce LDL cholesterol. Save sterols for mealtime to get bigger results. In observing the effects of plant sterol-enriched low-fat yogurts, researchers found they worked similar to the plant sterol-enriched margarines, and they worked better when taken with meals instead of as snacks." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"You can detect hydrogenated vegetable oils in foods by reading the labels. Most processed foods contain them, including breads, crisps, chips, doughnuts, crackers, biscuits, pastries, almost all baked goods, cake and frosting mixes, baking mixes, frozen dinners, sauces, frozen vegetables, and breakfast cereals. In other words, nearly all foods that are shelved, processed, refined, preserved, and not fresh can contain trans fats. They inhibit the cell's ability to use oxygen, which is required to burn foodstuffs to carbon dioxide and water." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"They occur naturally at low levels in meat and dairy products, but most of the trans fats in the American diet are formed during a hydrogenation process that renders vegetable oils solid. Trans fatty acids inflict damage akin to the effects of saturated fats, except trans fats hit you with a double whammy—in addition to raising LDL levels, trans fats decrease your HDL levels at the same time. This is one reason many researchers consider trans fats to be a bigger bad boy than saturated fats." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"Even though total fat intake should be reduced, switching from saturared fats to vegetable oils will lower total cholesterol levels. Olive oil is your best choice for salads and cooking. Increasing fiber in the diet with whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and legumes is the optimal high-fiber diet. Soluble fiber such as the pectin in apples or oat bran has the most consistent beneficial effect on cholesterol levels.46 Specific fruits or vegetables can also have a positive effect on blood levels of fat." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Polyphenols, like other antioxidants, help protect cells from the normal, but damaging, physiological process known as oxidative stress polysaccharide—long string of glucose molecules polyunsaturated fats—large class of fatty acids with many members, including both the omega-6s and the omega 3s; found in vegetable oils, nuts, and fish proanthocyanidins—plant compounds helpful in preventing degenerative disease; powerful antioxidants that are several times more potent than vitamins C and E." - 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.)

"We have been told that this increase is due to an increase in saturated fats, but from 1910 to 1970 saturated fat consumption plummeted as the use of vegetable oils, in the form of margarine, shortening, and refined oils, rose 400 percent. So, obviously, avoiding fat is not the answer. In fact, the Framingham study—the mother of all fat studies—proved just that. After forty years, those who consumed more cholesterol and saturated fat had lower cholesterol levels over time." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Trans-fatty acids are manufactured by a chemical process that converts vegetable oils into semisolid fats, which the wisdom of the past held to be better for you in terms of cardiovascular risk factors. Cardiovascular risk factors were trumped by the Nurses' Health Study. Of the nearly 80,000 nurses followed for nearly two decades, 1,200 suffered nonfatal heart attacks and 500 fatal ones. Remember, the nurses had been asked annually "how often, on average, she had consumed" a particular quantity of sixty-one foods." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"Polyunsaturated oils, which include vegetable oils like sunflower, safflower, soy, and corn, are the worst to cook with because of the trans fats created during the hydrogenation process. On the other hand, saturated fats such as butter or coconut oil may be used for frying or baking at lower temperatures without harming them. If one must fry food, adding water to the pan or wok keeps the temperature at near 212°f (ioo°c). Better yet, simmer the food in water and then add a good oil at a later stage." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.) "Hydrogenated oils and trans fats can be found in products such as, margarine, shortening and lard, processed vegetable oils, processed cheese, processed peanut butter, french fries, candies, and cookies. Supermarket Oils Most supermarket oils are made from seeds that have been subjected to many destructive processes to produce products that can stay on shelves for long periods of time without spoiling." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"During this process some of the polyunsaturated fats undergo chemical transformations, which turns them into trans fatty acids (trans fats), often referred to as "hydrogenated vegetable oils." Margarine can contain up to 54 percent of them, vegetable shortening up to 58 percent. You can detect hydrogenated vegetable oils in foods by reading the food labels. Most processed foods contain them, including breads, crisps, chips, doughnuts, crackers, biscuits, pastries, all baked goods, cake and frosting mixes, baking mixes, frozen dinners, sauces, frozen vegetables, and breakfast cereals." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"The remaining groups received fatty acids from a variety of vegetable oils commonly consumed by humans in the United States. Neither Bland nor Cameron knew which group received which intervention; only the laboratory technicians knew. Weeks later, the researchers were informed that of the seven groups, two—the flax and fish omega-3 groups—exhibited 100 percent survival (despite genetic cancer risk and injected carcinogens), and the remaining five groups—fed typical vegetable oil fatty acids—had 100 percent mortality." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.) "The remaining groups received fatty acids from a variety of vegetable oils commonly consumed by humans in the United States. Neither Bland nor Cameron knew which group received which intervention; only the laboratory technicians knew. Weeks later, the researchers were informed that of the seven groups, two exhibited 100 percent survival and the remaining five groups had 100 percent mortality. Bland and Cameron guessed that one of the survival groups was the control group. They were wrong." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"For cooking, use vegetable oils such as canola and olive oil. • Minimize intake of saturated fats and cholesterol. • 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." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"Vitamin E is found in fatty foods such as vegetable oils, nuts, and seeds; please refer to Graph 5-1." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"EVENING PRIMROSE OIL The secret behind the oil of this unassuming flower is its gammalinoleic acid (GLA) content, a substance that is extremely valuable to the body. Most vegetable oils contain linoleic acid, which the body has to convert into GLA before use,- some people who are atopic may be unable to convert linoleic acid into GLA. They are thought to be deficient in a particular enzyme that is needed for the conversion process. GLA is used by the body to produce a hormone-like antiinflammatory substance—a prostaglandin—which is capable of stimulating particular cells in the immune system." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.) "Vitamin E is found in many foods, but wheatgerm, almonds and vegetable oils are particularly rich in it. Zinc Zinc is a part of many enzymes in the body and is needed for the formation of proteins and insulin. It is also an all-round valuable nutrient for the body's immune system. It stabilises the blood and maintains the acid/alkaline balance of the body. Zinc helps the immune system by clearing out certain toxic metals like cadmium and lead, absorbed by our bodies from car exhaust fumes. Zinc is therefore an essential mineral for asthmatics who are affected by fumes and air pollutants." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.) "Cholesterol-free vegetable oils and margarines are readily available and are palatable alternatives for cooking. On the other hand, essential fatty acids (EFAs) are vital components of the walls of every cell in our body. They also play parts in the biochemical processes which sustain our health and our life. An essential fatty acid deficiency can cause an imbalance of prostaglandins, substances that regulate immune cell activity and thus control inflammation and allergic reactions, both of which play a part in asthma." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"Certified organic vegetable oils are being used to replace synthetic detergents in many soaps. • Natural sunscreens and sunblocks. Several "green" sunblocks have been discovered recently, including a combination of plant-products f erulic acid and vegetable oil, and gamma oryzanol, from rice bran, and their ingredients can be obtained organically. (See chapter 8 for more natural sunscreens and sunblocks.) • Natural hair colorants. Conventional hair dyes can be replaced by a variety of organic botanical or natural plant dyes, such as henna, indigo, and madder root." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"USDA recommendation: "Keep total fat intake between 20 to 35 percent of calories, with most fats coming from sources of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fat, such as fish, nuts, and vegetable oils." This recommendation is of major concern. In effect, your government is suggesting a level of fat consumption that cannot arrest vascular disease and—quite the contrary—has actually been shown to promote it. In Chapter 10, I will discuss the documented harmful effects of monounsaturated oils. But fish consumption poses a set of dangers all its own." - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Get the book.)

"You may not think you eat a lot of corn and soybeans, but you do: 75 percent of the vegetable oils in your diet come from soy (representing 20 percent of your daily calories) and more than half of the sweeteners you consume come from corn (representing around 10 percent of daily calories). Why corn and soy?" - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"Fats • avocados (also high in protein) butter (a SAD food) cream (a SAD food) lard (a very SAD food) margarine (a SAD food) vegetable oils (a SAD food) Appendix G How to Get Strict with the Ten Energy Enhancers At some point you may begin to question why you are still eating the cooked foods at all. Sure, you love them; the question is, do they love you back? —Doug Graham, DC (1953-) The following material was contributed by Victoria BidWell, who takes a stand throughout this book for Natural Hygiene and doing right by living the ten energy enhancers. I cannot say it strongly enough." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

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