The Dangers of Hidden Trans
Fats
A recently released study by the National Academy
of Sciences further confirms the known health hazards of
consuming foods containing “trans fats.” Trans fats are found in
a variety of processed foods, including margarine, pastries,
cookies, crackers, bread, salad dressings, condiments, candy,
ice cream, breakfast cereals, chips, and deep-fried foods. Trans
fats can frequently be identified on food ingredient labels as
“hydrogenated,” “partially hydrogenated,” or “fractionated.”
Trans fats are linked to cardiovascular disease, cancer, obesity
and other health disorders.
The FDA is expected to finalize labeling regulations requiring
that trans fats be separately declared in grams per serving in
the Nutrition Facts or Supplement Facts box on food labels. It’s
about time! The health hazards of trans fats were reported by
scientist, Udo Erasmus, in his book, Fats That Heal, Fats That
Kill, published 15 years ago! Over 30 years ago, Dr. Pavlo
Airola wrote books warning about the health hazards of processed
fats and how lack of proper food storage practices encourages
rancidity to spoil the healthy fats that nature put in fresh
nuts, seeds, grains and pressed oils.
It generally takes 15-30 years for government bureaucracies to
properly warn the public about health hazards. Remember
asbestos? Cigarettes? Pesticides? The public is learning the
hard way to depend more on progressive nutritionists, scientists
and consumer advocacy groups to be advised regarding health
safety issues in a timely manner.
Editor’s note:
As a Integrative Medicine Practioner I have been routinely
requiring that all of my new telephone clients send me
photocopies of the labels of all the vitamins and nutritional
supplements they are using. If they are consulting with me in
person I ask them to bring all their supplements in a bag. I
frequently discover trans fats listed in the “other ingredients”
paragraph on the product label. Trans fats in your vitamins?!?
Yes - unfortunately. I also frequently find lots of other junk added to
nutritional supplements. Find out more about this subject in
our article titled “Are Your
Supplements Safe?”
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