Canola Oil: Yes or No? Is canola oil really a healthy oil or just a big CON? The food industry tells us that canola oil is “widely recognized as the healthiest salad and cooking oil available to consumers”. They tell us that it is beneficial because it contains omega-3 fatty acids, shown to have health benefits and even helps prevent heart disease. Contrary to what the food industry says about its new darling oil child, its opponents say canola oil (or rapeseed oil) is toxic because it contains significant amounts [...]
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Trans Fatty Acid Fact Sheet
Trans Fatty Acid Fact Sheet (Including Hydrogenated and Partially Hydrogenated Fats) What are Trans Fatty Acids? Trans fatty acids are abnormal fats, often called “plastic fat,” produced mainly from partial hydrogenation of vegetable oils. These fats do not occur in nature. They were introduced into human foods in the U.S. beginning in 1910. Greater amounts of partially hydrogenated vegetable fat products were added to human foods in the U.S. beginning in the 1950s. Major sources of trans fatty acids in some countries are partially hydrogenated marine oils, which were recently [...]
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Trans-Fat What is it? Why is it so Dangerous? Trans fatty acids are also known as trans fat or hydrogenated oil. Trans fat is an artery-clogging fat that is formed when vegetable oils are artificially hardened into solid fat. This form of fat does not occur in nature and is sometimes called “plastic fat”. Trans-fat is associated with initiating poor health and degenerative diseases, including cancer. In fact, Dr. Johanna Budwig, a famous German biochemist and leading European authority on fats and nutrition, proved that trans-fat help to initiate [...]
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