Feature articles on trans fats: | 10/11/2009 - (NaturalNews) At 94, University of Illinois veterinary biosciences professor emeritus Fred Kummerow is an extraordinarily busy -- and determined -- man. Not only is he continuing to conduct research on how trans fats in the diet can harm health, he's...
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| 8/28/2009 - (NaturalNews) FDA food labeling rules make it possible for consumers to exceed their maximum recommended daily intake of trans fats even if they eat only foods labeled "zero trans fats" per serving.
Trans fats, also known as hydrogenated oils, are...
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| 5/11/2009 - (NaturalNews) While most people in the United States now know that they should avoid trans fats, only 20 percent actually know which foods are likely to contain the dangerous ingredients, according to a survey conducted by researchers from the University...
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| 3/18/2009 - (NaturalNews) Higher consumption of trans fatty acids can increase a person's risk of precancerous colorectal tumors by 86 percent, researchers have found.
"These results suggest that consumption of high amounts of trans-fatty acid may increase the...
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| 1/16/2009 - (NaturalNews) The best way to ensure a healthy cardiovascular system is to eliminate unhealthy fats from one's diet, eat whole foods, and engage in regular aerobic exercise activity. The cardiovascular system is also affected by stress and emotional health,...
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 | 11/7/2008 - (NaturalNews) Each and every day, we consume products that have mandatory food labels -- Nutrition Facts. These labels are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are designed to inform the consumer of the actual components of the foods...
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 | 11/4/2008 - (NaturalNews) The trans fatty acids that naturally occur in certain dairy and meat products are not as unhealthy as those synthetically produced for processed foods and cooking oils, according to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical...
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 | 10/27/2008 - (NaturalNews) When a breastfeeding woman consumes trans-fats, she may be harming not only herself, but also passing on health problems to her child both as an infant and as an adult, according to a study conducted by researchers from the State University...
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| 10/7/2008 - (NaturalNews) Each and every day, we consume products that have mandatory food labels -- Nutrition Facts. These labels are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are designed to inform the consumer of the actual components of the foods...
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 | 6/4/2008 - (NaturalNews) Los Angeles County has implemented a voluntary program in which restaurants can be certified as "trans fat free" and receive a decal to display that fact to customers.
"This has been a long time coming," said Blair C. Salisbury, president...
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 | 5/13/2008 - (NaturalNews) The American Heart Association (AHA) has revealed that until a new policy takes effect on January 1, 2009, foods labeled with the association's heart healthy stamp are still allowed to contain trans fats.
As part of its Food Certification...
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 | 4/23/2008 - (NaturalNews) By far the chief wreckers of our health today are sugars and bad fats. So which are the good ones and which ones are bad? My aim is to enable you to make better food choices for you and your family.
Sugars
Sugars are more than just...
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 | 3/4/2008 - (NaturalNews) If you're just starting out on your journey toward a more natural lifestyle, you can easily become overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information that is out there. On this Web site alone, there are usually at least four new headlines that...
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 | 3/3/2008 - (NaturalNews) Due to the terrible health problems associated with trans fats, the food industry has been busily perfecting another 'man-made' replacement to ensure that company sales and profits are kept at a high level. The new solution is a process...
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 | 2/7/2008 - (NaturalNews) I often get asked to write down some basic rules of what to eat and what not to eat. There's a lot of information out there but it's often fragmented and, even worse, contradictory. All I can do is give you my vision on fatal and vital foods....
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 | 11/3/2007 - (NaturalNews) The movie Supersize Me has probably had more of an effect than the producers anticipated. Since then, in the fast food industry, there has been a market trend promoting menu items that appear to be healthy. But most of these menu items have...
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 | 10/4/2007 - (NaturalNews) The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) filed a lawsuit recently against Burger King for knowingly harming its customers, increasing their risk of heart disease and early death by refusing to stop cooking with partially hydrogenated...
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 | 7/10/2007 - The myth: Ingredients lists on food products are designed to inform consumers about what's contained in the product. The reality: ingredients lists are used by food manufacturers to deceive consumers and trick them into thinking products are healthier...
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 | 4/24/2007 - Ever wonder which foods should be strongly avoided by those at high risk for cancer? We can begin identifying cancer-causing foods once we know which ingredients in our food cause cancer. Some of those ingredients are food additives and chemicals used...
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 | 3/24/2007 - For those who love their Thin Mints, note this: while cookies sold by the Girl Scouts have been reformulated to reduce the amount of trans fats, the cookies still contain the health-impacting fat, although levels are below the threshold that requires...
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 | 2/1/2007 - (NaturalNews) Following New York’s ban on the use of trans fats in restaurants last month, many cities across the country are considering similar plans to eliminate the artery-clogging ingredient. Los Angeles may be the first major metropolitan area to...
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 | 1/31/2007 - (NaturalNews) Fast-food giant McDonald's has finally begun to use trans-fat-free oil for cooking french fries in some restaurants, after seven years of testing different oil varieties.
According to spokesperson Walt Riker, the new oil has been introduced...
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 | 1/25/2007 - (NaturalNews) Following in the footsteps of New York City, a Maryland delegate has proposed legislation to ban trans fats in the Old Line State.
The legislation comes from Democrat James W. Hubbard, whose recent bill in Maryland’s House of Delegates...
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 | 1/25/2007 - (NaturalNews) Already known to increase the risk of heart disease, trans fats may also increase a woman's risk of fertility problems by 70 percent or more, according to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Trans fats, which...
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 | 1/16/2007 - (NaturalNews) The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted earlier this week to study the feasibility of banning trans fats in county restaurants, much like New York City, which banned the unhealthy fats from restaurant foods in December last year.
The...
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 | 1/11/2007 - According to the American Obesity Association, 127 million adults in the United States are overweight, while 60 million are obese and 9 million are severely obese. With the U.S. population pushing 300 million, that equates to nearly two-thirds of American...
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 | 1/4/2007 - (NaturalNews) Coffee retailer Starbucks Corp. recently announced that it would remove trans fats from baked goods in half of its U.S. stores by Jan. 3, and plans to eventually cut the unhealthy fats from foods in all its stores.
According to Starbucks...
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 | 1/2/2007 - (NaturalNews) California Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia, R-Cathedral City, proposed a bill today that seeks to ban trans fats in baked and fried foods in restaurants and school cafeterias throughout the state.
Though the proposed bill is not as comprehensive...
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| 1/1/2007 - (NaturalNews) Just shortly after New York City banned all restaurants from using trans fats in their food preparation, a lawmaker introduced a bill on Tuesday that would make Massachusetts the first entire state to ban artificial trans fats from restaurants.
New...
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| 12/26/2006 - (NaturalNews) The council of Waverly, Australia is considering a campaign to phase out deadly trans fats from hundreds of restaurants across an area that includes the Bondi and Bronte restaurant strips, after a similar ban was passed in NYC. Former Waverley...
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| 12/5/2006 - (NaturalNews) A unanimous vote from the New York City Board of Health has made the Big Apple the first U.S. city to ban harmful trans fats from its restaurants.
First proposed on Sept. 26, the ban on using trans fats in restaurant cooking stirred up...
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