Why transfats are so bad for you?
If you are not a chemist, many of the terms our medical advisors want us to know are pretty confusing. What in the world is transfats and why would it be so bad for you? After some research, here is what was found. Hopefully, the explanations and examples will help you understand this confusing term and how it applies to you and your healthy diet plan.
Fats that become solid are transfats, the fats that stay soft, are oils. The hard fat or transfats are bad for us because they clog up our circulatory system, or our arteries and veins. This stops the body from moving the blood around the way it is supposed to and this causes all sorts of other problems in our system. We like transfats because they TASTE good. Cookies, cakes, steaks, etc. have many transfats. Most processed foods have many transfats in them. Those are not good for us.
Partially hydrogenated oil, or oils that have hardeners added to them really confuse our digestive systems. Our digestive system treats this transfats like a saturated fat used in food processing. The body’s confusion has brought about the good cholesterol and bad cholesterol debate lots of fuel because our body does not quite know what to do with these new types of fats. Because of the confusion the body will just throw it into the bad fat category and does not bother to try to take calories out of the food consumed, leading the food to just create fat cells.
Learning to Read Labels
We have learned that the transfats are bad for us, just like bad cholesterol. Laws now require food manufacturers to list the saturated fats and total fats. If there were 0 grams of transfats on the label then the food would be safe, right. Well, not exactly, some manufacturers skip around the law because the USDA lets the manufacturer round to the nearest half a gram. As longs as the food substance contains less than half a gram of transfats per serving, the producer can put zero transfats on the label. Learn to read the labels in order to understand what you are putting into your body. If partially hydrogenated oil is listed on the label, there are transfats in the food product.
Those looking to change their eating habits as much as the food they consume will be much healthier, happier and have a better quality of life if they educate themselves on what healthy diets consist of and the hidden hazards, such as transfats, do to our bodies. Eating a healthy daily menu is one of the first steps to whole body wellness. Losing excess weight is the greatest gift you can give yourself and your health.
Fats that become solid are transfats, the fats that stay soft, are oils. The hard fat or transfats are bad for us because they clog up our circulatory system, or our arteries and veins. This stops the body from moving the blood around the way it is supposed to and this causes all sorts of other problems in our system. We like transfats because they TASTE good. Cookies, cakes, steaks, etc. have many transfats. Most processed foods have many transfats in them. Those are not good for us.
Partially hydrogenated oil, or oils that have hardeners added to them really confuse our digestive systems. Our digestive system treats this transfats like a saturated fat used in food processing. The body’s confusion has brought about the good cholesterol and bad cholesterol debate lots of fuel because our body does not quite know what to do with these new types of fats. Because of the confusion the body will just throw it into the bad fat category and does not bother to try to take calories out of the food consumed, leading the food to just create fat cells.
Learning to Read Labels
We have learned that the transfats are bad for us, just like bad cholesterol. Laws now require food manufacturers to list the saturated fats and total fats. If there were 0 grams of transfats on the label then the food would be safe, right. Well, not exactly, some manufacturers skip around the law because the USDA lets the manufacturer round to the nearest half a gram. As longs as the food substance contains less than half a gram of transfats per serving, the producer can put zero transfats on the label. Learn to read the labels in order to understand what you are putting into your body. If partially hydrogenated oil is listed on the label, there are transfats in the food product.
Those looking to change their eating habits as much as the food they consume will be much healthier, happier and have a better quality of life if they educate themselves on what healthy diets consist of and the hidden hazards, such as transfats, do to our bodies. Eating a healthy daily menu is one of the first steps to whole body wellness. Losing excess weight is the greatest gift you can give yourself and your health.