Trans Fats- Effects on Hormonal System

[Guest guest]

There is one subject our doctor continuously drives home, the

importance of eating foods that contain the correct types of fats

and oils. It is so important that you stay totally away from TRANS

FAT, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED, and HYDROGENATED foods. Unfortunately

these ingredients are not always shown on labels. Trans fats and

these other oils can have a MAJOR negative impact on RSS

children's, and for that matter, adult's hormonal regulating

system. The article below is a good overview on the present

situation concerning trans fats in our food supply.

What still concerns our daughter's doctor is that even though

food manufactures are now beginning to make formula changes to

eliminate these toxic ingredients, their product still remains

highly processed. As a result, even these newly formulated foods

will remain a major factor in creating future generations of insulin

resistant consumers. Crackers and cookies such as Oreos, Tostitos,

Doritos, Cheetos, and Triscuits are still so highly processed that

even if manufactures are able to eliminate trans fats or other bad

oils, you will still be consuming a product that is essentially

identical to sugar that causes rapidly raising insulin levels.

I realize that cookies and crackers are frequently recommended for

RSS children as an avenue for gaining extra calories, but at the

same time these foods are spiking their insulin levels which further

leads to more insulin resistance. Bottom-line, the more we had

eat whole foods high in good fats and protein, and avoided

processed foods, the healthier we noticed she became, which provided

an environment that allows for greater growth.

In the opinion of our doctor, RSS kids need to consume traditional

type foods that are grown in mineral-rich soil, contained mineral-

rich bone broth and Celtic Sea Salt. They need to eat a variety of

whole foods such as fish, milk or meat, both cooked and uncooked—

either raw or fermented. Also, they should consume foods rich in

fat-soluble vitamins, including butter from grass-fed cows, organ

meats, shellfish, and fish liver oils.

Beth

COMPANIES SEEK RECIPES WITHOUT TRANS FAT

Tues Jan 28, 2004 8:27 PM ET

By JOE MILICIA, Associated Press Writer

WOODMERE, Ohio - The nation's food companies are stirring up new

recipes for everything from Oreos to SpaghettiOs to get rid of trans

fat, the artery-clogging ingredient that must be listed on food

labels next year.

The companies say they're promoting good health, but they're also

looking ahead to the new federal rule and new dietary guidelines

urging consumers away from trans fats.

Trans fats have been in the nation's food supply for decades, giving

products a long shelf life and making goodies like chips and cookies

oh so yummy.

They are formed when liquid oils turn into solid fats and they are

generally listed on foods as PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED OILS. Grab a bag

of cookies from the snack food aisle and chances are trans fats are

there.

But maybe not for long. The Food and Drug Administration (news - web

sites) is ordering trans fats to be listed on food labels by January

2006. The FDA (news - web sites) says trans fat, like saturated fat,

increases the risk of heart disease.

A few years ago, Sarit Zamir was like many consumers — clueless

about the subject.

" I used to eat junk food a few years ago. We just didn't know, " said

the 32-year-old mother of three.

Now, Zamir goes out of her way to shop at a store that promises 100

percent trans fat-free foods. She says that since making the change

in her family's diet, she's noticed a difference in her children's

health, behavior and ability to get a good night's sleep.

" I don't touch trans fat at all, " she said, her cart filled with soy

milk, cage-free eggs and pure rice bran.

It took several years for the Wild Oats Natural Marketplace where

Zamir shops to remove all the trans fat from its shelves, said Mandi

Kelley, marketing coordinator of the store in tiny Woodmere Village

outside of Cleveland.

" There were a lot of companies we had to coax into changing their

ingredients, " she said.

Eliminating trans fat isn't as simple as removing partially

hydrogenated oils and substituting another oil — not if you want

to

keep the flavor.

" It takes smart engineering, smart chemistry, " said Chung,

president of Reach Advisors Inc., a Boston-based marketing strategy

and research firm.

" There's a reason why consumers like partially hydrogenated oils.

Let's face it — fat tastes good. "

Still, Chung expects to see mainstream companies gain market share

with trans fat-free products, up until the point that most have

removed it.

Soup has revised some products and is working on a few

more, including some varieties of Chunky soup and SpaghettiOs with

meatballs.

" Our goal is to remove the trans fat without impacting the taste

because we have products that people have been enjoying for years

and years, " spokeswoman Juli Mandel Sloves said.

's owns Pepperidge Farm, which met its goal of having zero

grams trans fat in its entire line of Goldfish crackers by December,

Mandel Sloves said. Pepperidge Farm is turning its attention to

other products, especially cookies.

The J.M. Smucker Co. introduced a version of Crisco with zero grams

trans fat last April. The new product comes in a green tub — a

color

consumers equate with being healthy. Smucker's spokeswoman Maribeth

Badertscher said the product has been doing well.

Gorton Inc. announced it had removed trans fats from all 56 of its

frozen seafood products.

Kraft Foods Inc. has removed trans fats from Triscuits and Oreos and

is now working on other cookies and crackers, spokeswoman

Daigler said.

The company wants to make sure that when eliminating trans fat, the

new product's combined total of trans or saturated fats is lower

than the original.

In some cases, like Triscuit, the removal of trans fat isn't

noticeable. But in others it is, like the trans fat-free Oreo, which

has a different texture and taste compared with the creamy, crispy

original.

Frito-Lay began working to eliminate trans fat in 2002 and completed

a conversion to corn oil for Tostitos, Doritos and Cheetos a year

later. Frito-Lay was a trans fat trendsetter, Chung said, but the

message got lost in the Atkins diet craze.

Trans fat could become the new carbohydrate as far as consumer

avoidance, but Chung doesn't expect the mania that Atkins inspired.

For Wild Oats shopper Tim Hemry, trans fat isn't at the forefront of

his thoughts. But the 53-year-old's family avoids it by staying away

from prepackaged food.

" We want good-for-you food, " Hemry said. " The HYDROGENATED OIL is no

good for you. Our rule is as close to God made it in the first

place. "

[Guest guest]

Beth - I think no one would disagree with you on this topic. I am

guessing all of us, ideally, would love for our children to eat all

the healthy foods. The problem is a simple one. Most kids don't

like the healthiest of foods. And the fact is that about 80% of RSS

children are severely underweight. It is a balancing act --

calories versus optimal health. I can quote study after study which

will indicate the long-term negative effects of being too

underweight. Our own family struggles with this -- we have slowly

been moving to a healthier diet, whole wheats, etc. but at

the sacrifice of pounds. Even Dr. H told us last visit that we may

have to give some of the high calorie " bad " foods --

although she still requires us to stick with complex carbs (even

wrote it in her visit summary this time -- ONLY complex carbs, no

simple or refined sugars). But I also know we are blessed, because

will eat. I have spoken to so many of you out there whose

children simply have no appetite. Putting a cracked whole wheat

cracker in front of the child versus goldfish.... well, you can see

where I am going. The good news is that stores like Whole Foods and

other natural food places are coming out with more and more healthy

foods without trans fats that are targeted for children. Yes, they

may still be processed in such a way that they aren't ideal, but at

least they are somewhere in the middle.

So for now, we do our best. I do not want to end up with a feeding

tube or a TPN line ever again.

Also, RSS/SGA parents -- please know that nutrition is VERY

important. But also realize, and this will be discussed at the

convention this summer, that for the SGA child, the risk for insulin

resistance may be an inherent one -- one that can be increased with

poor diet. But giving simple carbs that spike insulin levels will

not cause insulin resistance by and in itself. I would hate for

anyone to blame themselves. HOWEVER, it is important that you read

emails like Beth's and others to understand how important proper

nutrition is for reducing the risk that our children are born with,

for insulin resistance and syndrome x.

>

> There is one subject our doctor continuously drives home, the

> importance of eating foods that contain the correct types of fats

> and oils. It is so important that you stay totally away from

TRANS

> FAT, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED, and HYDROGENATED foods.

Unfortunately

> these ingredients are not always shown on labels. Trans fats and

> these other oils can have a MAJOR negative impact on RSS

> children's, and for that matter, adult's hormonal regulating

> system. The article below is a good overview on the present

> situation concerning trans fats in our food supply.

>

> What still concerns our daughter's doctor is that even though

> food manufactures are now beginning to make formula changes to

> eliminate these toxic ingredients, their product still remains

> highly processed. As a result, even these newly formulated foods

> will remain a major factor in creating future generations of

insulin

> resistant consumers. Crackers and cookies such as Oreos,

Tostitos,

> Doritos, Cheetos, and Triscuits are still so highly processed that

> even if manufactures are able to eliminate trans fats or other bad

> oils, you will still be consuming a product that is essentially

> identical to sugar that causes rapidly raising insulin levels.

>

> I realize that cookies and crackers are frequently recommended for

> RSS children as an avenue for gaining extra calories, but at the

> same time these foods are spiking their insulin levels which

further

> leads to more insulin resistance. Bottom-line, the more we had

> eat whole foods high in good fats and protein, and

avoided

> processed foods, the healthier we noticed she became, which

provided

> an environment that allows for greater growth.

>

> In the opinion of our doctor, RSS kids need to consume traditional

> type foods that are grown in mineral-rich soil, contained mineral-

> rich bone broth and Celtic Sea Salt. They need to eat a variety

of

> whole foods such as fish, milk or meat, both cooked and uncooked—

> either raw or fermented. Also, they should consume foods rich in

> fat-soluble vitamins, including butter from grass-fed cows, organ

> meats, shellfish, and fish liver oils.

>

> Beth

>

> COMPANIES SEEK RECIPES WITHOUT TRANS FAT

>

> Tues Jan 28, 2004 8:27 PM ET

> By JOE MILICIA, Associated Press Writer

>

> WOODMERE, Ohio - The nation's food companies are stirring up new

> recipes for everything from Oreos to SpaghettiOs to get rid of

trans

> fat, the artery-clogging ingredient that must be listed on food

> labels next year.

>

> The companies say they're promoting good health, but they're also

> looking ahead to the new federal rule and new dietary guidelines

> urging consumers away from trans fats.

>

> Trans fats have been in the nation's food supply for decades,

giving

> products a long shelf life and making goodies like chips and

cookies

> oh so yummy.

>

> They are formed when liquid oils turn into solid fats and they are

> generally listed on foods as PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED OILS. Grab a

bag

> of cookies from the snack food aisle and chances are trans fats

are

> there.

>

> But maybe not for long. The Food and Drug Administration (news -

web

> sites) is ordering trans fats to be listed on food labels by

January

> 2006. The FDA (news - web sites) says trans fat, like saturated

fat,

> increases the risk of heart disease.

>

> A few years ago, Sarit Zamir was like many consumers — clueless

> about the subject.

>

> " I used to eat junk food a few years ago. We just didn't know, "

said

> the 32-year-old mother of three.

>

> Now, Zamir goes out of her way to shop at a store that promises

100

> percent trans fat-free foods. She says that since making the

change

> in her family's diet, she's noticed a difference in her children's

> health, behavior and ability to get a good night's sleep.

>

> " I don't touch trans fat at all, " she said, her cart filled with

soy

> milk, cage-free eggs and pure rice bran.

>

> It took several years for the Wild Oats Natural Marketplace where

> Zamir shops to remove all the trans fat from its shelves, said

Mandi

> Kelley, marketing coordinator of the store in tiny Woodmere

Village

> outside of Cleveland.

>

> " There were a lot of companies we had to coax into changing their

> ingredients, " she said.

>

> Eliminating trans fat isn't as simple as removing partially

> hydrogenated oils and substituting another oil — not if you want

> to

> keep the flavor.

>

> " It takes smart engineering, smart chemistry, " said Chung,

> president of Reach Advisors Inc., a Boston-based marketing

strategy

> and research firm.

>

> " There's a reason why consumers like partially hydrogenated oils.

> Let's face it — fat tastes good. "

>

> Still, Chung expects to see mainstream companies gain market share

> with trans fat-free products, up until the point that most have

> removed it.

>

> Soup has revised some products and is working on a few

> more, including some varieties of Chunky soup and SpaghettiOs with

> meatballs.

>

> " Our goal is to remove the trans fat without impacting the taste

> because we have products that people have been enjoying for years

> and years, " spokeswoman Juli Mandel Sloves said.

>

> 's owns Pepperidge Farm, which met its goal of having zero

> grams trans fat in its entire line of Goldfish crackers by

December,

> Mandel Sloves said. Pepperidge Farm is turning its attention to

> other products, especially cookies.

>

> The J.M. Smucker Co. introduced a version of Crisco with zero

grams

> trans fat last April. The new product comes in a green tub — a

> color

> consumers equate with being healthy. Smucker's spokeswoman

Maribeth

> Badertscher said the product has been doing well.

>

> Gorton Inc. announced it had removed trans fats from all 56 of its

> frozen seafood products.

>

> Kraft Foods Inc. has removed trans fats from Triscuits and Oreos

and

> is now working on other cookies and crackers, spokeswoman

> Daigler said.

>

> The company wants to make sure that when eliminating trans fat,

the

> new product's combined total of trans or saturated fats is lower

> than the original.

>

> In some cases, like Triscuit, the removal of trans fat isn't

> noticeable. But in others it is, like the trans fat-free Oreo,

which

> has a different texture and taste compared with the creamy, crispy

> original.

>

> Frito-Lay began working to eliminate trans fat in 2002 and

completed

> a conversion to corn oil for Tostitos, Doritos and Cheetos a year

> later. Frito-Lay was a trans fat trendsetter, Chung said, but the

> message got lost in the Atkins diet craze.

>

> Trans fat could become the new carbohydrate as far as consumer

> avoidance, but Chung doesn't expect the mania that Atkins

inspired.

>

> For Wild Oats shopper Tim Hemry, trans fat isn't at the forefront

of

> his thoughts. But the 53-year-old's family avoids it by staying

away

> from prepackaged food.

>

> " We want good-for-you food, " Hemry said. " The HYDROGENATED OIL is

no

> good for you. Our rule is as close to God made it in the first

> place. "