Good Trans Fats Vs. Bad Trans Fats Exposed

By Author: Jeffrey Wolf
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I'm ready to talk about something nowadays that most of you have doubtless never heard...that there is a distinction between good trans fats and bad trans fats. There is some proof that the good trans fats can help you with fat loss, muscle structure, and even disease prevention, while the bad trans fats have been exposed to give heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and the common blubbering of your body.

I'm assured most of you have heard all of the hubbub in the news over the last few years about just how bad man-made trans fats are for your wellbeing. My belief that these substances are some of the most evil food additives of all and are found in the extensive majority of all processed foods and fast foods on the market. In my view, man-made trans fats are right up there with smoking in terms of their level of peril to your wellbeing. After all, they are one of THE MAJOR causes for the explosion of heart disease since approximately the 1950's.

With all of the chitchat about trans fats in ...
... the news these days, I sought to simplify some material, particularly about bad trans fats vs. good trans fats. If you've never heard of good trans fats before, let me vindicate in a bit.

The Bad Trans Fats

First, the bad trans fats I'm referring to are the man-made kind. These are represented by any artificially hydrogenated oils. The highest culprits are butter, shortening, and somewhat hydrogenated oils that are in most routeed foods, garbage foods, and pressing fried foods.

These hydrogenated oils are extremely processed with harsh compound solvents like hexane (a component of gasoline), high energy, presassured, have a metal mechanism added, and are then deodorized and lightened. A small % of the solvent is allowed to remain in the completed oil. This has now become more of an industrial oil instead of a food oil, but someway the FDA still allows the food producers to put this crap in our food at mammoth quantities, even with the well documented health dangers.

These hydrogenated oils produce inflammation inside of your body, which signals the deposition of cholesterol as a medicinal agent on vein walls. Thus, hydrogenated oil = inflammation = blocked arteries. You can see why heart disease has exploded while this crap has been inserted into our food supply over the last 5 to 6 decades.

As time goes on, and knowledge continues to reveal how deadly these oils actually are, I feel that eventually they will be banned and banned from use. The category laws were just the first stage. In actuality, certain countries around the world have already banned the use of hydrogenated oils in food producers or slightest set dates to phase them out for good.

However, keep in mind the views of companies are starting to phase out the use of hydrogenated oils in processed foods, they are replacing them, in most instances, with decidedly refined polyundrenched oils. These are still roughly processeded oils with high heat, solvents, deodorizers, and bleaching agents. Even refined oils are known to give inflammation in your body...a far cry from natural sources of healthy fats.

Once again, for the best outcome, your best bet is shuning extremely processed foods altogether and choose whole, natural, cleanly routeed foods. Your body will thank you!

The Good Trans Fats

Ok, after having degrating the man-made trans fats, let me visibly state that there is such a thing as healthy natural trans fats. Natural trans fats are produced in the stomachs of ruminant animals like cattle, sheep, goats, etc. and make their way into the fat of the animals.

Then, the milk fat and the fat inside the meat of these animals can offer natural healthy trans fats. Natural trans fats in your diet have been thought to have some potential gain to aid in both muscle structurer and fat loss efforts. However, keep in mind that the magnitude of healthy trans fats in the meat and dairy of ruminant animals is greatly reduced by mass-production methods of rural and their grain and soy intense diets. Meat and dairy from pasture-fed, free-access animals always have higher quantities of these beneficial fats.

One such artless trans fat that you may have heard of is called conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and has been advertiseed by many stress injury companies. Keep in attention that these man-made CLA pills you see in the food may not be the best way to get CLA in your diet. They are artificially made from place oils, instead of the artless route that happens in ruminant animals. Once again, man-made just doesn't relate to the helps of artless sources.

Here's a great site I found that I use to order all of my healthy grass-fed beef and other free range meats. The service is impeccable and they deliver right to your doorstep in a sealed cooler. It's worth it to know that you and your family are actually consuming meat that's good for you instead of the usual grocery store garbage.

Now that all of your labels should be listing grams of trans fat, keep in mind that if a magnitude of trans fat is listed on a meat or dairy carton, it is possible the natural good trans fats that we've discussed here. Otherwise, if the magnitude of trans fat is listed on any processed foods, it is most likely the dangerous unhealthy crap from artificially hydrogenated oils, so stay away!

Here's some more great reading material about eating a truly natural and healthy diet for you and your family:

Nourishing Traditions - by Sally Fallon and Dr. Mary Enig

Eat Fat, Lose Fat - by Sally Fallon and Dr. Mary Enig

Also, if you haven't read it yet, be sure to read this eye-opening article about saturated fat truths by Dr. Mary Enig.

I hope you've enjoyed this interesting look at good trans vs. bad trans and use the information to arm yourself with more healthy food choices for a better body.