"Think a small amount of fat is ok in your diet?
You're right. But before you eat any foods with fat, check out...

...The Dangers of Food With Toxic Trans Fats –
The Poison That Never Leaves Your Body!"

The Silent Killer of Trans Fatty Acids

Toxic Fatty Foods

Since it's OK to eat some fat in your meals, what's the big deal about 'trans fat'? No, it's not about the calories. It's about what it does to your health, because trans fats are toxic to the body. So let's take a look at this silent killer called trans fat.

What is Trans Fat?

Trans fats are synthetic, artificial fats that are made by a manufacturing process called 'hydrogenation'. The process always begin with vegetable oils such as soybean, canola, safflower and cottonseed oils, for example.

They were originally made as an alternative to animal fats to replace real butter and lard. The purpose is because it's cheaper to make liquid fats (soybean, canola, safflower and cottonseed oils, etc.) instead of buying real butter or lard. These hydrogenated oils have a longer shelf life before spoiling too.

These oils are more stable and resistant to oxidation, which is the breakdown of fats when exposed to heat. Thus, they're easy to use in baked or fried foods, as they're less likely to become rancid than other fats.

So food manufacturers add hydrogenated vegetable oils to foods for several reasons, including: significantly cutting costs preserving foods, supposedly enhancing texture and taste, and let's not forget their much lower cost to make it.

So the bottom line is trans fats are cheap to make and takes a longer time to become rancid – therefore the processed food manufactures make much more money. Got it?

But there's a big problem with this hydrogenating process. It generates toxic trans fats which are very bad for health. So the FDA banned companies in the U.S. from adding partially hydrogenated oils (trans fats) to foods. Futhermore they required trans fats to be listed on nutrition facts labels too.

However, there is a big loop hole in the wording of the ban that allows trans fat in the food! Because...

...The manufacturers can still legally claim their food products are free of trans fat if the serving size is less than .5 gram!

But what's interesting is what constitutes a serving? A serving size is not regulated. So if a product has a toxic level of trans fat, all the manufacturers has to do is make a serving size smaller to get under the .5 gram limit – and presto, the food item instantly becomes healthy and free of trans fat! That's exactly what they do.

So just to make my point more clear, "zero trans fat on the label, does not mean it has zero trans fat"! Deception at it's finest. Crazy, isn't it?

These products are 100% trans fat: margarine, shortening, vegetable oils. So if any food products are cooked with them, or have any of them listed as ingredients, the food is very unhealthy.

Why is Trans Fat Bad?

The problem is your body cannot breakdown trans fats since we lack the enzyme. It's the same reason twinkies don't really spoil. The trans fat used in the twinkie cannot be naturally broken down by bacteria and therefore still remains somewhat fresh – it doesn't spoil. The same reason people cannot breakdown trans fats... we don't have the enzyme either.

But here's the crazy part. Trans fat actually accumulate in the body.

Trans fats, basically just sit in your liver and never comes out! It's like consuming poison, because your body can't get rid of it!

Trans fats get stored primarily in the liver and are associated with increased disease, such as:

Trans Fat Health Issues : ∗ Obesity ∗ Fatty Liver Disease ∗ Chronic Inflammation ∗ Cardiovascular Disease ∗ High Blood Pressure ∗ Type 2 Diabetes ∗ Alzheimer ∗ and Cancer!

NOTE: This is not a diagnostic chart and should not be used in place of your health professional to determine your recovery program.

Now you know about the silent killer of eating food with toxic trans fats – the poison that never leaves your body!

To minimize your trans fat intake, carefully check the ingredient lists of your foods for hydrogenated vegetable oils — which may be called "hydrogenated oils" or "partially hydrogenated oils." Also be aware of the labels that claim "zero trans fat", or claim to be "trans fat free". Just check the nutrition facts label located on the back and if it contains any vegetable oil – stay clear of it!

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