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Article #238: Healthy Trans Fats vs. Unhealthy Trans Fats Revealed

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






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