Craig Pepin-Donat
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 There were peanut butter cookies, chocolate covered chocolate chip cookies, jam-filled cookies and sugar-coated, pecan cookies. I am sure I must have eaten more than 100 cookies over a two-week period, and as always during the holiday season, there were a variety of other temptations that didn't help matters. I didn't do a very good job of controlling the holiday temptation beast, but I did exercise three to four times a week, and my total weight gain did not exceed five pounds, an amount which at least gave me the opportunity to get back on track quickly. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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 The participants were randomized to consume the Soybean protein cookies or a control cookie (a complex carbohydrate) daily for 12 weeks. Blood pressure was measured at baseline, six weeks, and 12 weeks. At this final reading, the time in which the Soybean cookies was consumed were linked to reduced diastolic and systolic blood pressure values by approximately 3 to 4 mm Hg more than the time that the carbohydrate cookies were consumed. Most participants ate the cookies in place of their usual breakfasts (He, 2005). |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 A cookie manufacturer, for example, might claim that one cookie is an entire "serving" of cookies. But do you know anyone who actually eats just one cookie? If one cookie contains 0.5 grams of trans fatty acids, the manufacturer can claim the entire package of cookies is "Trans Fat FREE!" In reality, however, the package might contain 30 cookies, each with 0.5 grams of trans fats, which comes out to 15 grams total in the package (but that assumes people can actually do math, which is of course made all the more difficult by the fact that hydrogenated oils actually harm the brain. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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 If you eat several cookies, that is pretty much pure carbohydrates and will cause a big swing in blood sugar. If you have some protein with the cookies—let's say instead of having the cookies between meals, you have them immediately after consuming a balanced meal that has protein (fish, legumes, lentils)—the negative effects on the body are much less. The protein causes the body to release another hormone called glucogen, which helps to balance out the blood sugar. We don't have that big seesaw in blood sugar that is detrimental in itself and also causes imbalance in the stress hormones. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Trans Fat FREE!" In reality, however, the package might contain 30 cookies, each with 0.5 grams of trans fats, which comes out to 15 grams total in the package (but that assumes people can actually do math, which is of course made all the more difficult by the fact that hydrogenated oils actually harm the brain. But trust me: 30 cookies x 0.5 grams per cookie really does come out to 15 grams total).
This is how you get a package of cookies containing 15 grams of trans fats (which is a huge dose of dietary poison) while claiming to contain ZERO grams. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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| At this final reading, the time in which the Soybean cookies was consumed were linked to reduced diastolic and systolic blood pressure values by approximately 3 to 4 mm Hg more than the time that the carbohydrate cookies were consumed. Most participants ate the cookies in place of their usual breakfasts (He, 2005).
In a similar finding, supplemental Soy milk demonstrated a modest but significant reduction in blood pressure in a placebo-controlled, randomized trial. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| In reality, however, the package might contain 30 cookies, each with 0.5 grams of trans fats, which comes out to 15 grams total in the package (but that assumes people can actually do math, which is of course made all the more difficult by the fact that hydrogenated oils actually harm the brain. But trust me: 30 cookies x 0.5 grams per cookie really does come out to 15 grams total).
This is how you get a package of cookies containing 15 grams of trans fats (which is a huge dose of dietary poison) while claiming to contain ZERO grams. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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| At this final reading, the time in which the Soybean cookies was consumed were linked to reduced diastolic and systolic blood pressure values by approximately 3 to 4 mm Hg more than the time that the carbohydrate cookies were consumed. Most participants ate the cookies in place of their usual breakfasts (He, 2005).
In a similar finding, supplemental Soy milk demonstrated a modest but significant reduction in blood pressure in a placebo-controlled, randomized trial. |
Dr Ron Roberts
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 Powder formulas can be simply mixed with milk, water or juice, and biscuits or cookies provide a combination of many nutrients.
These can easily be assimilated into your regular diet. The biscuits or cookies can be your snack between meals, and the powder combinations can be your morning or afternoon drinks. Multi-nutrient capsules and tablets which contain most vitamins, proteins, amino acids and minerals from a natural source, such as spiruliten (spirulina), also make adequate dietary supplements that are convenient and easy to take. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Chips / crackers / cookies: These generally contain white flour and sugar as well as trans fats, but it's not enough to simply look for these ingredients on the label; you have to actually "decode" the ingredients list that food manufacturers use to deceive consumers. They do this by hiding ingredients (such as hiding MSG in yeast extract, or by fiddling with serving sizes so they can claim the food is trans fat free, even when it contains trans fats (the new Girl Scout cookies use this trick).
Besides avoiding these foods, what else can consumers do to reduce their risk of cancer? |
Ann N. Martin
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 There are many dog treats out there that are made with healthy ingredients. Dog cookies made with whole grains and vegetables and without additives and preservatives are available at most pet shops. I have included some recipes for these tasty delights in Chapter Ten. You can purchase roles of cut and bake cookies for dogs that contain only human-grade ingredients. You could even give them fresh carrots, fresh green beans, or chunks of apple to munch on, depending on your dog's preferences. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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 This is how I explained it to Gloria: "Here's what's happening inside your body while you sit in your chair, munching happily on your low-fat cookies, watching your favorite TV show. Those cookies are all starch and sugar, and they break down very rapidly in your stomach to glucose, the simplest form of sugar. That glucose is sucked into your bloodstream through the walls of your small intestines, causing an abrupt rise in your levels of blood sugar. You get a delicious sugar rush, and life is good!"
She nodded in agreement, with a guilty smile. |
Dr. Steven R. Gundry
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 Grease a nonstick cookie sheet with cooking spray and drop generous spoonfuls of dough onto the sheet. cookies will look lumpy. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 6 to 8 minutes. They will still look a little undercooked. Remove with a spatula to cool briefly on a rack.
Eat cookies warm from the oven. They will remain fresh for a few days, or refrigerate or freeze leftovers. |
Bottom Line Health
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| This harmful substance is found in 95% of cookies, 80% of frozen breakfast foods, 75% of snacks and chips, 70% of cake mixes and almost 50% of all cereals. And these foods contain plenty of it.
Examples: Products that have the most trans fats include vegetable shortening, doughnuts, stick margarine, french fries (trans fats account for approximately 40% of the total fat content).. .and many cookies and crackers (35% to 50% of fat content is from trans fats).
Eating establishments are exempt from the new trans fat labeling laws, but fast-food restaurants are among the worst offenders. |
Hyla Cass
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| This is how I explained it to Gloria: "Here's what's happening inside your body while you sit in your chair, munching happily on your low-fat cookies, watching your favorite TV show. Those cookies are all starch and sugar, and they break down very rapidly in your stomach to glucose, the simplest form of sugar. That glucose is sucked into your bloodstream through the walls of your small intestines, causing an abrupt rise in your levels of blood sugar. You get a delicious sugar rush, and life is good!"
She nodded in agreement, with a guilty smile. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Their answer is that people really shouldn't eat these cookies in any kind of quantity because they're just plain bad for you: "It is important to remember that Girl Scout cookies are a snack food and are meant to be consumed in limited quantities within the context of a balanced diet." Yet Girl Scouts sell these cookies by the case to parents, neighbors and friends, most of who (incorrectly) assume that the innocent-sounding Girl Scouts organization wouldn't dare use an ingredient that was actually proven to harm you. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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| If you have some protein with the cookies—let's say instead of having the cookies between meals, you have them immediately after consuming a balanced meal that has protein (fish, legumes, lentils)—the negative effects on the body are much less. The protein causes the body to release another hormone called glucogen, which helps to balance out the blood sugar. We don't have that big seesaw in blood sugar that is detrimental in itself and also causes imbalance in the stress hormones."
According to Dr. Debe, estrogen levels fluctuate tremendously in response to dietary intake. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| But trust me: 30 cookies x 0.5 grams per cookie really does come out to 15 grams total).
This is how you get a package of cookies containing 15 grams of trans fats (which is a huge dose of dietary poison) while claiming to contain ZERO grams. Again, it's just another example of how food companies use Nutrition Facts and ingredients lists to deceive, not inform, consumers.
Here are some additional tips for successfully decoding ingredients list labels:
Tips for reading ingredients labels
1. Remember that ingredients are listed in order of their proportion in the product. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Shame on the Girl Scouts (and their cookies)
Any food manufacturer that continues to use hydrogenated oils is unquestionably trading the health of its customers for its own corporate profits. This includes the Girl Scouts, by the way, whose cookies continue to be made with partially-hydrogenated oils. Shame on the Girl Scouts. Does fundraising have to take a higher priority than human health?
At least the Girl Scouts has the courage to admit the truth about this ingredient. Right on their website, in the FAQs on Girl Scout cookies, they openly state, "... |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Why does the Girl Scouts continue to make its famous cookies with partially-hydrogenated oils known to contribute to essential fatty acid deficiencies in infants?
4) Why is aspartame still allowed in the food supply at all? (An excotitoxin)
5) Why is mercury still tolerated in American dental work (and, in fact, still pushed by the American Dental Association!) when mercury ingestion is so dangerous to human health?
6) Why do vaccination policies still allow the mass injection of babies with methyl mercury, which has been clearly linked to autism and autoimmune disorders? |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| This is how you get a package of cookies containing 15 grams of trans fats (which is a huge dose of dietary poison) while claiming to contain ZERO grams. Again, it's just another example of how food companies use Nutrition Facts and ingredients lists to deceive, not inform, consumers.
Here are some additional tips for successfully decoding ingredients list labels:
Tips for reading ingredients labels
1. Remember that ingredients are listed in order of their proportion in the product. This means the first 3 ingredients matter far more than anything else. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 And all the processed food you keep eating is devoid of real nutrition, which explains why you're still hungry even after eating an entire bag of cookies, chips, donuts or whatever.
Read my book Natural Appetite Suppressants for Safe, Effective Weight Loss to learn more about natural strategies that really work for reducing appetite and eliminating cravings, or you can start by consuming trace minerals and microalgae like spirulina, chlorella or blue-green algae.
Secondly, you've got to engage in regular exercise. Gee, you've heard that a million times already, right? |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 The USDA's current standards allow the sale of candy bars, cookies, and sugary fruit-flavored drinks containing very little real fruit juice, while disallowing things like seltzer water and breath mints.
Despite increasing rates of obesity in children and teens, the Senate hasn't held a hearing on the sale of junk foods in schools since 2003.
"Though many states and local school districts are undertaking heroic efforts to improve the nutritional quality of foods sold in schools, the junk-food industry fights those efforts tooth and nail," said CSPI nutrition policy director Margo G. Wootan. |
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D.
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 Truly no-fat products are increasingly available—including some salad dressings, crackers, chips, pretzels, and cookies. Look carefully. Scrutinize labels. Pay attention to the lists of ingredients. And when in doubt, don't be shy about calling the manufacturers. A talk with a company's chief dietitian or medical consultant will give you a straight answer on fat content.
So now, you've committed yourself to eating only the legal foods listed above, and to avoiding all of the categories I do not allow. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Since cancer needs high blood sugar and low oxygen levels, a person with lots of belly fat who just can't seem to put down those trans fat cookies or crackers (also loaded with flour and simple sugars) presents the ideal environment for the development of cancer.
The acrylamide factor
Since trans fats are often formed during the frying process, we should also talk about acrylamides. Acrylamides are not added into food; they are created during the frying process. When starchy foods are subjected to high heat, acrylamides form. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Santa is now asking the children of the world to leave him fresh fruit instead of the traditional milk and cookies. "I want to live my life free of diabetes," Santa said, "so I won't be eating anything made with sugar or white flour anymore. That includes Christmas cookies."
“Santa is doing great,” said Adams. “He’s tapped into the healing potential that exists within all of us, and he’s conquered a health condition that’s challenging, but curable. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 If those cookies tempt you, just put off having them for five minutes. Basically, you'll be doing creative procrastination -- you're putting off eating that junk food for a few minutes. Then you can delay again and again until your desire subsides.
"2) Think fulfillment, not deprivation. Santa, even though you're cutting back on sugary foods, please keep saying 'Ho, ho, ho,' Don't give into a woe-is-me attitude and start feeling sorry for yourself that you can't have cookies. |
Steven V. Joyal
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 Trans fats are typically found in commercially processed foods that have been prepared under conditions of high heat, such as snack foods (for example, potato chips and roasted nuts), frozen foods (including entrees, snacks, whole dinners, desserts), commercially made cookies and crackers, packaged dinners, and baked goods
?saturated fat, found primarily in animal products (meat, poultry, whole-fat milk and dairy products, lard)
The bottom line is this: think olive oil, fish, and green leafy vegetables, and go light on meats and processed foods. |
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