Healthy Trans Fats vs. Unhealthy Trans Fats Revealed

p>I'm going to talk about something today that mostreally are, I feel that eventually they will be illegal and
of you have probably never heard...that there is abanned from use. The labeling laws were just the
distinction between good trans fats and bad transfirst step. In fact, certain countries around the world
fats. There is some evidence that the good trans canhave already banned the use of hydrogenated oils in
help you with fat loss, muscle building, and evenfood manufacturing or at least set dates to phase
cancer prevention, while the bad trans fats havethem out for good.
been shown to cause heart disease, cancer, diabetes,However, keep in mind that as companies are
and the general blubbering of your body.starting to phase out the use of hydrogenated oils in
I'm sure most of you have heard all of the ruckus inprocessed foods, they are replacing them, in most
the news over the last few years about just howinstances, with highly refined polyunsaturated oils.
bad man-made trans fats are for your health. IfThese are still heavily processed oils using high heat,
you've been a reader of my newsletter and mysolvents, deodorizers, and bleaching agents. Even
"Truth about Six Pack Abs" e-book program, thenrefined oils are known to produce inflammation in
you definitely know my opinion that theseyour body...a far cry from natural sources of healthy
substances are some of the most evil food additivesfats. Once again, for the best results, your best bet
of all and are found in the vast majority of allis avoiding highly processed foods altogether and
processed foods and fast foods on the marketchoose whole, natural, minimally processed foods.
today. In my opinion, man-made trans fats are rightYour body will thank you!
up there with smoking in terms of their degree ofThe Good Trans Fats
danger to your health. After all, they are one of THEOk, after having trash talked the man-made trans
MAIN factors for the explosion of heart disease sincefats, let me clearly state that there IS such a thing
approximately the 1950's.as healthy natural trans fats. Natural trans fats are
As you may have heard recently, the FDA hascreated in the stomachs of ruminant animals like
mandated that food manufacturers include the gramscattle, sheep, goats, etc. and make their way into
of trans fat on all nutrition labels starting back at thethe fat stores of the animals. Therefore, the milk fat
beginning of this year. This means that as inventoryand the fat within the meat of these animals can
is replaced in the grocery stores, you should start toprovide natural healthy trans fats. Natural trans fats in
see grams of trans listed on all packages from nowyour diet have been thought to have some potential
on, providing you with an easier way to avoid them.benefit to aid in both muscle building and fat loss
With all of the talk about trans fats in the newsefforts. However, keep in mind that the quantity of
these days, I wanted to clarify some things,healthy trans fats in the meat and dairy of ruminant
particularly regarding bad trans fats vs. good transanimals is greatly reduced by mass-production
fats. If you've never heard of good trans fatsmethods of farming and their grain and soy heavy
before, let me explain in a bit.diets. Meat and dairy from grass-fed, free-range
The Bad Trans Fatsanimals always have much higher quantities of these
First, the bad trans fats I'm referring to are thebeneficial fats.
man-made kind. These are represented by anyOne such natural trans fat that you may have heard
artificially hydrogenated oils. The main culprits areof is called conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and has
margarine, shortening, and partially hydrogenated oilsbeen marketed by many weight loss companies.
that are in most processed foods, junk foods, andKeep in mind that these man-made CLA pills you see
deep fried foods. These hydrogenated oils are highlyin the stores may not be the best way to get CLA
processed using harsh chemical solvents like hexanein your diet. They are artificially made from plant oils,
(a component of gasoline), high heat, pressure, haveinstead of the natural process that happens in
a metal catalyst added, and are then deodorized andruminant animals. Once again, man-made just doesn't
bleached. A small % of the solvent is allowed tocompare to the benefits of natural sources.
remain in the finished oil. This has now become moreNow that all of your labels should be listing grams of
of an industrial oil rather than a food oil, buttrans fat, keep in mind that if a quantity of trans fat
somehow the FDA still allows the food manufacturersis listed on a meat or dairy product, it is most likely
to put this crap in our food at huge quantities, eventhe natural good trans fats that we've discussed
with the well documented health dangers.here. Otherwise, if the quantity of trans is listed on
These hydrogenated oils cause inflammation inside ofany processed foods, it is most likely the dangerous
your body, which signals the deposition of cholesterolunhealthy crap from artificially hydrogenated oils, so
as a healing agent on artery walls. Hence,stay away!
hydrogenated oil = inflammation = clogged arteries.I hope you've enjoyed this interesting look at good
You can see why heart disease has exploded sincetrans fat vs. bad trans fat and use the info to arm
this crap has been loaded into our food supply overyourself with more healthful food choices for a
the last 5 to 6 decades. As time goes on, andbetter body.
science continues to unveil how deadly these oils