Step #1: Toss Out EVERYTHING That Contains Partially Hydrogenated Oil
Hydrogenation is a process that makes liquid vegetable oils solid at room temperature so that products can have longer shelf-lives without going rancid. All beneficial essential fatty acids are destroyed in the process, and toxic trans fatty acids are created.
Huh? What does that mean?
It means simply that all hydrogenated (fully or partially) oils are bad for you! Avoid them!
Fully & Partially Hydrogenated Oil
Partially hydrogenated oils are found in thousands of processed foods like many breakfast cereals, cookies, chips, crackers and candy, and are proven to cause heart disease and contribute to obesity.
Restaurants, especially fast food chains, often serve food loaded with trans fats.
Negative Health Consequences of Eating Hydrogenated Oils:
- increased inflammation
- decreased immune function
- decreased fertility
- arthritis
- cancer
- elevated blood pressure
- free-radical production
- heart disease
- fetal neurological & visual developmental impairment
- liver damage
- obesity
- osteoporosis
- Type 2 diabetes
Best: WHOLE NUTS, WHOLE AVOCADOS, WHOLE SEEDS
(fat from raw whole food)
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FIRST COLD PRESSED EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
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VIRGIN COCONUT OIL, FLAXSEED OIL, SESAME OIL, HEMPSEED OIL, ALMOND OIL, MACADAMIA OIL
(preferably all above organic)
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SAFFLOWER OIL, PEANUT OIL, PALM/KERNEL OIL, GRAPESEED OIL
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MARGARINE, VEGETABLE SHORTENING, CANOLA (RAPESEED) OIL, CORN OIL, COTTONSEED OIL, SOYBEAN OIL
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Worst: ANY FULLY OR PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED OIL
(typically soybean, cottonseed or corn oil)
There are a lot of other available oils not on this list, but it covers the most common.
WARNING: Sneaky Tactics
Food companies are legally allowed to lie about amounts of partially hydrogenated oils being in processed foods. WTH??
FDA regulations in effect in the United States state, “if the serving contains less than 0.5 gram [of trans fat], the content, when declared, shall be expressed as zero.”
Suppose a product contains 0.4 grams per serving and you eat four servings (which is not uncommon…um, 1 serving of potato chips is two handfuls) you have just consumed 1.6 grams of trans fat, despite the fact that the package claims that the product contains “zero grams of trans fat!!”
You MUST read the label on any packaged processed food in order to avoid hydrogenated oils!
Partially Hydrogenated Oil Trans Fat Lie
Avoiding hydrogenated oils is a must if you intend to be healthy and prevent disease. Once you start reading labels you will be AMAZED by how common, and unfortunate, of an ingredient it is.
Now go rid your kitchen of all products containing partially or fully hydrogenated oils. Your tomorrow body will thank you for it!
