Don't eat interesterified oils or hydrogenated oils- they are equally unhealthy replacements to the outlawed transfats. Just eat what Mother Nature made- por favor.
http://growingbolder.com/blogs/health/the-skinny-on-interesterified-oil-211630.html
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We found these kinds of oils as a major ingredient in whole-wheat tortilla wraps that we bought - an otherwise wholesome choice. Like Aisilng says, this is just the food science industry finding a way to get around labeling something as containing trans fats, while substituting an equally unhealthy - heart disease promoting fat. The reason these fats are so popular is that they don't break down very easily - hence the food preserves longer on the shelves. The consequence of that same property is that the fat does not break down (into fatty acids) in your blood vessels very easily either.
ReplyDeleteThe point is that you cannot trust that something is healthy by looking at the claims on the front of the package. Eat mostly natural foods, and if you need to buy process foods, know how they are made and what's in them!
So, my roommate has me on this kick trying to get SLS (sodium lauryl/laureth sulfate, really all sulfates) out of my "beauty" products. It hides itself everywhere and it is very difficult to find products without it, but also is not that good for you and is not necessary in shampoo, soap, toothpaste, etc to cleanse us. It just creates "suds" or bubbles and makes the product "feel" like it's cleaning. I have succeeded in finding shampoo and conditioner at Trader Joe's without it (though some of the products they carry still have it!) because I didn't want to do the baking soda thing. My roommate loves it and now swears by it, though. This is her post about the baking soda/vinegar hair wash: http://karenneckyfarow.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/on-no-poo/
ReplyDeleteIt is really hard to get body wash without it, but I found some at Target of all places. I am also trying to get -parabens out of my products too.
This is along the same lines as trans fats, high fructose corn syrup, and other things I despise. Thought you'd be interested and hope you post about your thoughts after you research it a bit. Crazy stuff we use and put in the environment...
-VH
I was wondering what 'SLS' was. I've seen it as the #1 'ingredient' in all of the shampoos that are sold. Of course the rest of the ingredient list on those bottles is equally as mysterious and unpronounceable. I regrettably am quite ignorant about what is going down the drain after I shower. Given the wonder environmental presents that the man-made chemical industry has given us over the years, I'd be surprised if shampoo was very benign
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't quite use the word "benign." While some chemicals in the big picture of our world aren't that terrible, SLS has been studied a bunch. I would venture to guess other chemicals in soaps are close to "benign." The best thing to use also is bar soap--doesn't contain it. I don't like bar soap, though...kind of the difference between processed fats versus natural fats found in peanuts, etc. While tons of peanut fat still isn't good for you necessarily, it's a lot better than hydrogenated oils...time to pick our public health battles, I suppose.
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