Re: Palm oil 'reasonable' replacement for trans fats, say experts

December 20, 2005

They will be forced to use something that doesn't spoil easily or not produce the product.

Wieners are a remarkable product, eg, so much salt and stuff that it couldn't spoil if it wanted to. What is remarkable to me is the non fat wienies have the same protein per same size wienie, like 5 gms. How do they do that without fillers? Must be more water. Well it's only 14 gms of water in place of the fat.

And they cost more. Weinies can vary in price from 0.78 to 3.79 per pkg, usually 12 oz.

I wonder what part of the beef, turkey, pork and/or chicken they put in there?

Regards.

[ ] Palm oil ‘reasonable’ replacement for trans fats, say experts

Palm oil is a prime candidate to replace transfats. Read your labels carefully...http://tinyurl.com/anzxaMike

December 20, 2005

They will be forced to use something that doesn't spoil easily or not produce the product.

Wieners are a remarkable product, eg, so much salt and stuff that it couldn't spoil if it wanted to. What is remarkable to me is the non fat wienies have the same protein per same size wienie, like 5 gms. How do they do that without fillers? Must be more water. Well it's only 14 gms of water in place of the fat.

And they cost more. Weinies can vary in price from 0.78 to 3.79 per pkg, usually 12 oz.

I wonder what part of the beef, turkey, pork and/or chicken they put in there?

Regards.

[ ] Palm oil ‘reasonable’ replacement for trans fats, say experts

Palm oil is a prime candidate to replace transfats. Read your labels carefully...http://tinyurl.com/anzxaMike

December 20, 2005

>>Palm oil is a prime candidate to replace transfats. Read your labels

carefully...

I just wrote this on Palm Oil..

The Oiling Of America: Bye Bye Trans Fat, Hello Palm Oil!

Responding to the Food and Drug Administration's order to disclose the

amount of unhealthy trans fats on food labels by January 2006, food

companies are racing to get rid of trans fats in their products. There

are now, for example, " trans-fat-free " Oreos, Fritos, and Cocoa Puffs.

While many think this may be good news, its not.

The bad news: Many companies are replacing trans fats with palm oils and

other high-in-saturated-fat tropical oils that are almost as

heart-damaging as trans fats. Kraft, for instance, is using palm oil for

the filling in its three trans-fat-free Oreo cookie varieties, reported

The New York Times in February.

Yes, Trans Fats Are the Worst Kind Of Fat

Trans fats are man-made fats that were originally liquid oils but

through hydrogenation (adding hydrogen to vegetable oils) become solid.

In ingredient lists, foods with trans fats are usually listed as having

" partially hydrogenated vegetable oils " like soybean, cottonseed, or

canola. Numerous studies are now finding that trans fats not only raise

LDL bad cholesterol but also lower HDL good cholesterol, prompting

scientists nationwide to deride them as the worst kind of fat.

But Palm Oil Is a Horrible Alternative

But replacing them with palm oil and other tropical oils like coconut

oil and palm kernel oil? " This is nuts! " " All these tropical oils are

highly saturated fats. Like butter, cheese, and meat, tropical oils

raise LDL cholesterol and clog arteries with plaque, increasing your

risk of a heart attack. "

Coconut oil is getting promoted on the web, internet and even the health

food industry, saying its healthy because most of its fat is made up of

" medium " chain fatty acids (MCT), which are metabolized differently.

Yes, it is true that a small portion of coconut oil is MCT (C-6 to C-10

fatty acids) and these do get oxidized more quickly and appear less

fattening than LCT and also appear to have little impact on LDL-C

levels. However, because the vast majority of saturated fatty acids in

cocnut oil are the longer cain fatty acids, C-12 to C-16 (Lauric,

myristic and palmitic acids) it does in fact elevate LDL-C. " In fact,

tropical oils can have more cholesterol-raising saturated fat than even

butter. Coconut oil is 92% saturated, making it more saturated than

butter, beef tallow, or even lard. Palm oil, though it contain less

saturated fat (50%), is full of a type of saturated fat, palmitic acid,

which appears to be most conducive to heart disease. Because of cocnut

oils extremely high saturated fat content, it will elevate LDL-C more

than just about any other fat. You just can't believe everything you

read on the internet.

In addition, the coconut oil industry likes to point out that the

traditional Polynesian diet - high in tropical oils like coconut - is

linked with relatively low rates of heart disease.

However, it's important to remember that heart disease involves several

variables, Yes, studies of people on traditional Polynesian diets have

found that they have relatively low rates from heart disease despite

very high LDL cholesterol levels, but other aspects of their native

lifestyle are very healthful, and probably help counteract the

cholesterol-raising effect of the coconut fat. Their traditional diet,

for example, is very high in dietary fiber and heart-healthy omega 3

fatty acids, and very low in sodium. Historically, native Polynesians

also tended to be nonsmokers, and were physically very active.

All these factors would certainly promote heart health.

Artery Cloggers

Ironically, it was health concerns over tropical oils in the 1980s that

helped spur food manufacturers to use more trans fats in the first

place. Now we're going BACK to tropical oils?. We're trading one

artery-clogger for another?!

Also outraged are nonprofit organizations, like Center for Science in

the Public Interest (CSPI) in Washington, D.C., which complained to the

FDA in August that some food labels, specifically Newman's Own, are

leading Americans to believe that palm oil is significantly more

healthful than trans fats. CSPI urged the FDA to halt the deceptive

labeling.

" The fact that palm oil isn't quite as bad as the absolute worst fat

[trans fats] shouldn't give food marketers carte blanche to portray it

as some kind of health food, " said CSPI Executive Director

son, PhD, in a press statement.

What To Do:

Go straight to the ingredient list. Steer clear of any product that

contains partially hydrogenated oils and/or lists trans fats on the

label as well as those containing tropical oils like coconut oil, palm

kernel oil, or palm oil. Both trans fats and tropical oils are bad news

for your heart, just like butter, lard, and beef tallow.

Take political action. Write your congressmen and senators, urging them

to press the FDA to crack down on claims that trick consumers into

thinking that palm oils and other tropical oils are health foods, when

in fact they are high in saturated fats that promote heart disease.

Or go straight to the FDA at www.fda.gov or:

Food and Drug Administration

5600 Fishers Lane Room 14-71

Rockville, MD 20857

Let's nip this one before we're " back to the future. "

December 20, 2005