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1 Is Palm Oil the New Trans Fat?
Trans Fat
2 Fittingly Mad: Cool Whip Free
Trans Fat
4 Top Ten Worst "Trans Fat" Foods
Food
5 Fat Confusion: Which Ones Are Healthy Again?
Trans Fat
6 Fat Talk: Trans Fatty Acids
Trans Fat
7 Butter or Margarine?
McDonald's
8 NYC Trans Fat Ban in Full Effect Today
Trans Fat
9 Let's Get the FATS Straight
healthy dose
11 Healthy Dose!!!!!
healthy living
12 Lose the Belly Fat Without the Crunches
Trans Fat
13 I'm Lovin It!
Food
14 The 10 Highest Trans Fat Foods
Trans Fat
15 The Skinny On: Vegetable Oil
Trans Fat
16 NYC vs. Trans Fats, The Saga is Over
women
17 Trans Fat Keeps Getting Worse and Worse...
Trans Fat
18 Denmark Still Enjoys Its Danishes
Not all fats are bad for us, but too many saturated fats (ones derived from animals) can be bad news for your heart. Another fat on the naughty list are trans fatty acids. Commonly called trans fat, these are "the chemically-altered fats." Most trans fats are a side effect of partial hydrogenation of plant oils (companies use them to increase the shelf life of their products). Trans fat is Read more
Earlier this week the FDA issued warnings to several food companies over their potentially deceiving product labels. One of the chief label issues: prominently indicating that the products are trans-fat free even though they still contain high levels of saturated and unsaturated fats. Products accused of this violation include salad dressing, ice cream, shortening, and even frozen fish. Read more
Partially hydrogenated oil is a type of trans fat that has gotten a lot of flak, and rightfully so. This chemically altered fat is known to raise LDL (bad) cholesterol levels, lower HDL (good) cholesterol levels, and increase your chance of developing coronary heart disease. Many companies are replacing hydrogenated oil with palm oil, saying that's it's a healthier option. On nutritional labels Read more
As I waited in the longest line at the grocery store, which meant standing in the snack aisle, there was plenty of time to check out the well-stocked area full of various bars. Naturally, I picked up some new products that looked interesting and began reading the list of ingredients. While my interest was piqued by a new Quaker bar that has 35 percent of my daily recommended fiber intake and Read more
Sneaky trans fat. You could be consuming it without even knowing that it's lurking in your food choices. We can do our best to keep an eye on products that likely contain trans fat, like cake mixes, chips and crackers, fast food, and packaged cookies and candy, but the printed nutritional data doesn't always tell the whole story. When a package pronounces that something is trans-fat-free, it Read more
Last year was a big one for trans fat, so it's not surprising the majority of Americans (73 percent) know it's bad news for our health. However, a national survey showed that only 21 percent of respondents could name three foods that generally contain this type of fat, and about one half couldn't name one trans fatty food source. Awareness is the first step to making health improvements, but it Read more
If you're a big fan of an occasional Whopper, you'll be happy to know that Burger King will be cooking with trans fat free cooking oil. By Nov. 1, in all of its restaurants nationwide, every item on the menu including baked goods will contain zero grams of artificial trans fat. This is big news for the nation's number two hamburger chain, and it's sure to make customers feel better about eating Read more
Yesterday, Burger King announced that all of its restaurants in the US and Canada have made the switch to cooking with trans fat free oils. The second most popular fast food chain also announced that all of its menu items, including baked goods, will contain zero grams of trans fat by Nov. 1 — earlier than the company anticipated. According to a statement issued by Burger King, customers who Read more
Trans fat has become a naughty word in my house. I try to avoid it at all costs, and it looks like pregnant women should as well. A new study shows that eating trans fat may increase the risk of fetal death during pregnancy. This study discovered that the risk of miscarriage increased 52 percent for women who consumed a diet high in trans fat, about 4.7 percent of their total calories. Women, Read more
You're asking and I'm answering . . . Hey Fit, I've been trying to lose these 15 pounds I seemed to have put on in the past year. I'm exercising regularly and have ditched all fat from my diet. So no meat, fried foods, nuts, peanut butter, oil, butter, baked goods, hydrogenated oils, and I only eat fat-free dairy products. I seem to be losing weight, which is great, but is there anything wrong Read more
