Starve.Org White Noise Usenet Archive: "Re: hydrogentated food"

My husband is an engineer (mechanical) in an edible oil refinery, and
Hydrogenation processes are very slowly being phased out, I'm sure the
chemical engineers are unaware of the extent of the problems, though they
know for sure that hydrogenated oils are dangerous for the heart.
I will be posting the report to my husband at work, to get his views on the
matter I'm sure he will have some information of his own to add, which I
will let you know at a later date
I would also like to say that from now on I won't allow Hydrogenated
foodstuffs through my door or passed our lips, It seems like from now on
I'll be baking my own cookies :o)

Sarah

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>> Food For Thought©
>> by columnist David Lawrence Dewey
>> "The doorway to wisdom is the attainment of knowledge
>> Reading is the doorway to this wisdom"
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>> Note From David Lawrence Dewey:
>> If you are of the type of person that is negative, thinks they have all
the
>> answers, wouldn't believe a thing in this column concerning the oils that
>> are truly slowly killing you...then please go away. It is people like you
>> because of your negativity that creates so many problems in the world and
>> also that nothing ever ever gets corrected that needs correcting. If you
>> want to know the truths and the facts which will set you free, then read
>> this column to follow. Don't believe what you have been told to believe
or
>> been lead to believe! Once you read the truth and how you have been lied
to,
>> how your health has been affected, you should become very angry and want
to
>> do something about it! For those of you that want to read the research
>> yourself, go to my research links page. Here you will find instructions
on
>> how to search the National Pub/Med Libraries and other medical libraries
on
>> your own. It takes work and you will have to acquire a signon ID at a
>> University Medical Library to read the entire studies if you don't
believe
>> what I am telling you in this column. I have provided copies of some of
the
>> research studies including the recent warning from the American Heart
>> Association to avoid foods with hydrogenated oils. If you search for more
>> and see the proof yourself you will be saving your life from horrible
>> diseases! I am simply trying to get the truth out, the real truth, I have
no
>> agenda, not trying to sell anything, simply the truth to save lives!

>> Hydrogenated Oils-The Silent Killers
>> 68 Year Old Tom Smith Knows by David Lawrence Dewey
>> © October 15th, 1998 - All Rights Secured

>> Note: On Tuesday, Oct. 20th, 1998, Oprah Winfrey had a show with Dr. Bob
>> Arnot and other researchers talking about the link between hydrogenated
oils
>> and breast cancer. Studies show a 40% increase in breast cancer in women
>> eating hydrogenated oils. They also talked about taking flaxseed oil and
how
>> by taking this it reduced tumours by 50%. To get a transcript, call Harpo
>> Productions at (312) 633-1000. There is a charge for the transcript. The
>> National Cancer Research Institute has just released a warning concerning
>> the recent study. See this on the research links page.

>> Hydrogenated oils and trans fatty acids are silent killers. Research
studies
>> show conclusively that they cause non-insulin dependent type II diabetes,
or
>> hyperinsulinemia. This is a disease which can eventually burn out the
>> pancreas and cause insulin dependent diabetes. These changed molecular
oils
>> dramatically also increase the risk of coronary heart disease, breast
>> cancer, other types of cancers and auto immune diseases. Over 100
research
>> findings have been in for some time. However, these findings have been
>> largely ignored by the mass media and the FDA. In addition, the
Commercial
>> Edible Food Industry has been trying to suppress these research findings.
>> Why? Money and lots of it! Food processing companies and the companies
that
>> own the patents on this process would loose billions of dollars if they
had
>> to change their method of food production and stopped using hydrogenated
>> oils in foods. The main reason is that the hydrogenation of the oils act
as
>> a preservative, to increase the shelf life of products. But at what cost
is
>> it to the human body?

>> The human body needs the type of essential fatty acids that mother nature
>> has provided, not these toxic molecularly changed oils. After food
>> production companies started using hydrogenated oils,
>> substantial increases in the diseases were seen a few years later. For
one
>> new disease, the medical profession had to invent a name for a new
disease
>> in which they were dumbfounded by what was causing it. This new disease
was
>> non-insulin dependent diabetes type II. Over the last fifty years since
the
>> introduction of hydrogenated oils, this disease has dramatically
increased.
>> More on that later in the column. Included in this column are internet
links
>> to the research data and what can be done to stop the use of these type
of
>> oils in over 90% of the foods produced today. Also included is a list of
of
>> the top food production companies with contact information, news media
>> addresses and a link to find your Congressman and Senators to write them.
>> You will have to visit my web site on the net to view these lists.

>> Why the body needs essential fatty acids

>> Mother nature very simply dictates the proper needed nutrients. Through
>> thousands of years of genetic adjustments to our environment, the body
>> dictates how it absorbs, metabolises and utilizes the nutrients consumed.
>> Dr. Joanna Budwig, a West German biochemist was the first to shed light
on
>> the role of essential fatty acids. She has been nominated several times
for
>> the Nobel Prize in medicine and is recognised as the world's leading
>> authority on fats and oils. Essential fatty acids, the building blocks of
>> fats, play the most important role in the body by affecting almost every
>> major organ, cell membrane production and immune system function.
Essential
>> fatty acids that have not been transformed by the hydrogenation process
have
>> an electrical weight to them that changes the fluidity of cell membranes.
>> However when they are transformed by the hydrogenation process, this
>> electrical weight is changed and affects this fluidity, causing the cell
>> membranes to "stiffen". Flaxseed oil is the best vegetable source of
these
>> essential fatty acids. Three of these essential fatty acids that are
needed
>> by the body are, linoleic (omega-6 type), linoleic acid N (omega-4 type)
and
>> alpha-linolenic N (omega-3 type). They are three of the 50 various
essential
>> nutrients that the body needs to function properly to produce good
health.
>> The human body cannot produce these EFA'S and is dependent on them from
>> vegetable and fish oil sources in the proper ratios. From these acids,
the
>> body synthesizes to form long chain-fatty acids such as

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>> acid, (DGLA), apentaenoic acid, (EPA), arachidonic acid, (AA) and
>> docosahexaenoic acid, (DHA). These new acids play a dual role. They form
>> cell membranes which affect the function of the cells. There are also
>> eicosanoids, substances that act as a cell to cell communicator. The
>> research data shows that these hydrogenated oils form trans fatty acids
>> which the body does not know what to do with. The body does not
synthesize
>> them properly. Therefore, if you are not getting the proper essential
acids,
>> (non-hydrogenated oils), to form healthy, normal cells, abnormal cells
are
>> produced instead. In North America, the diet is and has been sorely
lacking
>> for over 40 years in omega-3's. The western diet has been reduced to a 1
>> part of the Omega-3's, (LNA,EPA,DHA essential fatty acids), to more than
12
>> parts of Omega-6's, (LA,AA). All of these fatty acids are needed in the
>> proper ratio of 1 part Omega 3's to 4 parts Omega-6's, not the 1 part to
12
>> parts. Naturally occurring essential fatty acids are needed for the
>> production of "prostaglandins". These are hormones necessary for cell to
>> cell biochemical functions such a energy metabolism, cardiovascular and
>> immune system function health. Prostaglandins also are anti-inflammatory,
>> anti-tumour hormones. Prostaglandins are part of the substances in our
>> bodies called eicosanoids. Eicosanoids are hormones that regulate
molecules
>> in most forms of life. They do not travel in the blood like hormones, but
>> are created in cells. Eicosanoids act as delivery vehicles for the
movement
>> of calcium, other substances that control dilation and contraction of our
>> muscles, (heart), the inhibition and promoting of clotting, the
regulating
>> of digestive juices and hormones, proper diuresis, proper salt retention,
>> and most important, PROPER CELL DIVISION AND GROWTH. If proper cell
division
>> and growth is lacking in the body, the end result is cancer or auto
immune
>> diseases. Diabetes falls into the later. Prostaglandins are produced in
the
>> cells by the action of certain enzymes using essential fatty acids. There
>> are two pathways of how the prostaglandins are used by the body based on
>> either type that is absorbed by the body, omega 3 or omega 6. Since the
body
>> is not receiving the recognised type of essential fatty acids it
therefore
>> cannot produce these correct prostaglandins. In addition, remember in
>> biology classes in high school what hydrogen did to living tissue? The
>> problem with most Americans is they don't eat enough of fish, the omega 3
>> type oils. Because the western diet consumes more Omega-6 type essential
>> fatty acids from oils, consumers have been getting an improper balance of
>> Omega-6's in the form of hydrogenated oils. The hydrogenation process
also
>> forms trans fatty acids which are harmful to the human body based on
>> substantial research studies worldwide.

>> What are hydrogenated oils and what is the process?
>> When and why were they invented?

>> The first patent for the hydrogenation process was in 1903 by William
>> Norman. The first patent for hydrogenated cottonseed oil was in 1911.
This
>> is the same year that Proctor and Gamble came out with Crisco oil, a
>> combination of hydrogenated palm and cottonseed oil, mixed with lard and
>> animal fats. They had to give it away, people did not want it. The patent
>> was purchased by a major food producing company. In 1937, a new patent
was
>> filed by a Dr. Ellis, working for a major oil company. He improving the
>> process, separating certain fats for commercial use. Since then,
additional
>> patents have been filed for different methods of these processes. These
>> patents from 1976 to present can be found at the U.S. Office of Patents
and
>> Trademarks on the internet. Prior to 1976, patents searches must be done.
In
>> 1911 Mazola oil, a salad and cooking corn oil was introduced. In 1914,
most
>> of the companies took out any remaining animal fats in the oils they were
>> producing and started using vegetable oils completely. Until this time,
>> people were at least getting some essential un-trans formed fatty acids
>> because of the animal fats. After 1914, the population began getting
>> trans-formed essential fatty acids that became trans fatty acids in their
>> foods. In 1957, margarines finally started out selling butter.

>> During the process of hydrogenation, hydrogen atoms are moved to what is
>> called the opposite side of the double bond of the molecular structure of
>> the fatty acid in the oil. Click here to see the molecular change in
graph.
>> This newly formed molecular configuration of the fatty acid, ( a changed
>> carbon molecular structure of the fatty acid which the genetics of the
body
>> does not recognize) has been named "trans", meaning "on the other side
of."
>> Trans fatty acids alters the normal transport of minerals and other
>> nutrients across the cells membrane. It weakens the protective structure
and
>> function of the cell. Hydrogenation gas is "fused" into the oils using a
>> metal catalyst, aluminium, cobalt, nickel, all are toxic metals to the
body.
>> This "fusion" takes place under pressure at temperatures of 248-410
degrees.
>> Another words, its' been changed. When you compare this changed essential
>> fatty acid, which is now a trans fatty acids, it matches the same
molecular
>> structure of Stearic Acid. One of the uses of Stearic Acid, is in the
making
>> of candles, to make them "hard". No wonder there has been an increase in
the
>> hardening of arteries in the western industrial countries. In addition,
by
>> hydrogenating oils, they get "more volume". The process also increases
the
>> volume of the oil, thus making more to sell. This is where the money
angle
>> comes in. But its' main purpose is to increase shelf life of products. It
is
>> a preservative, a deadly one.

>> During the late 1930's and early 1940's, a dramatic increase was seen in
the
>> following diseases. First was a disease that looked like diabetes, acted
>> like diabetes, but was not caused by a deficiency of insulin. The medical
>> profession was dumbfounded. All they knew was that a person would produce
>> enough insulin, but it was not "effective" in reducing sugar in the
blood.
>> They did not know what caused this. So they named this "new disease"
>> diabetes, non-insulin dependent diabetes, type II. The second and third
>> diseases that increased dramatically were heart disease and cancer. This
is
>> the period also where new diseases which fell into the auto-immune
>> classifications were being seen and named. Also, the medical profession
did
>> not know what was causing these new auto-immune diseases, they put the
blame
>> on the genetics of the immune system. Meaning, that the person had faulty
>> genes. Since the beginning of these new diseases, a large increase in the
>> numbers of diagnosed cases in each category as been seen since the
>> introduction of hydrogenated oils in the food supply. From 1973 to 1994,
>> there has been an increase from 364.3 to 462.0 per 100,000 population of
the
>> various forms of cancer as provided by the National Institutes of Health.
>> This is a 22% increase. More alarming is that from 1973 to 1992, an
increase
>> from 364.3 to 530.33 per 100,000 population was seen. This was a 31%
>> increase, up from the previous 22%. Heart disease is now claiming over
>> 750,000 lives a year. The new methods of hydrogenating oils are based on
the
>> use of catalysts such as aluminium, lead and cobalt. This is the means in
>> which the hydrogen is pumped into the oils using these catalysts. What
>> remains in the oils is a residue of these metals. We all know about the
link
>> of aluminium to Alzehimers and cancer. We also know what lead poisoning
>> does, especially to children. Non-radioactive cobalt, the kind used as a
>> catalyst in these oils is a component of vitamin B12 and some studies
>> suggest that too much of this type of cobalt can cause cell destruction
and
>> nerve disorders. Just imagine what these toxic metals are doing to the
>> immune system and organs in the human body. In addition to these metal
>> residues, the normally occurring essential fatty acids have been
destroyed
>> and a trans fatty acids has been made. In addition, these trans fatty
acids
>> have been changed molecularly in which the body doesn't know how to
properly
>> metabolize them. Hypercholesteremia, ( high cholesterol or triglycerides)
is
>> a early warning sign that you will develop hyperinsulinemia. This disease
>> produces too much insulin, however, the insulin is not effective in
reducing
>> sugar in the blood. At the turn of the century, there were 2.8 diagnosed
>> cases of diabetes and its' associated diseases. In 1949, this figure
jumped
>> to 16.4 per 100,00 population. A 585% increase in 50 years. In 1985,
there
>> were 36,969 deaths caused by diabetes. In 1995, there were 59,085 deaths
>> caused from diabetes according to the National Canter For Health
Statistics.
>> In ten years, this is 59.8 % increase, or roughly 6% per year. This
increase
>> of deaths caused from diabetes cannot be blamed on genetics. It can't be
>> blamed because of people having bad genes. When you look at the
substantial
>> increases in the death rates today as compared to death rates before the
>> introduction of hydrogenated oils in the food supply, anyone can very
easily
>> see the correlation. Nor does it have to do with newer diagnostic means
due
>> to technology to diagnose the disease. Deaths are deaths. Leading experts
in
>> the research of diabetes estimate that todays figures of diagnosed cases
of
>> diabetes are now hitting 20,000 cases per 100,000 population. In 1949,
the
>> criteria for the diagnosis of diabetes was changed because of this new
>> disease that was named. However, is it a true diabetes or a disease
created
>> by harmful oils?

>> The Research Findings On The Toxicity of Hydrogenated Oils

>> Dr. Mary G. Enig received her PHD in Nutritional Sciences from the
>> University of Maryland in 1984 and has become one of the leading
authorities
>> based on her research of the toxic effects on hydrogenated oils on the
human
>> body. She has published over 35 scientific papers. She and other
researchers
>> have found the negative effects that hydrogenated oils and trans fatty
acids
>> have on the human body. The research facility, The Virginia Polytechnic
>> Institute studied the effect of trans fatty acids, ( the changed
molecular
>> structure of essential fatty acids as explained above) on bone
development.
>> The study showed very undesirable effects. Dr. Martin Katan from Holland
>> found that trans fatty acids lowers the lipoprotein (HDL) the good
>> cholesterol and raises the lipoprotein LDL which is the bad cholesterol.
>> Associated with heart disease or not? Dr. Walter Willett, Chairman of
>> Nutrition at Harvard Medical, has published a paper on a 14 year study
>> involving 85,000 nurses. It clearly shows that those people that consume
the
>> most trans fatty acids have the most heart disease. Other researchers
such
>> as Dr. Henry Blackburn, professor at the University of Minnesota, Dr.
>> William Castelli, Director of the Framingham Cardiovascular Institute
have
>> found the same findings. Dr. George Blackburn from Harvard has also
>> published papers where there been seen no increase in heart disease in
those
>> countries where most of the fat is either coconut oil or palm oil that
has
>> not been hydrogenated. This counters the claims that have been made for
>> years by many sources for including the Commercial Edible Food Industry,
the
>> research facilities funded by these companies and even the American Heart
>> Institute. Dr. Enig has showed that when McDonald's started using
>> hydrogenated oils, trans fatty acids rose in their oils from 5% to 42-48%
of
>> the content of the oil. Recently, McDonalds has started using oils that
are
>> only "partially hydrogenated". This "partially hydrogenating" has cut the
>> trans fatty acids in half to between 21-24% of content but to many
>> researchers, this is still too toxic to the body. The European countries
>> limit trans fatty acids to 4% in any food. When Dr. Ancel Keys published
a
>> paper stating that hydrogenated oils were responsible for heart disease,
the
>> response from the threatened edible oil industry claimed that only the
>> saturated fats were the culprits and that the industry would get rid of
the
>> problem by only "partially" hydrogenating the oils. This is interesting.
>> Here you have the food industry saying that the regular saturated fats
were
>> the culprits, but yet you have them changing from "fully hydrogenated
oils"
>> to "partially hydrogenated oils." It is apparent that their own in house
>> scientists are telling them what the in house scientists for the tobacco
>> companies tried to tell them twenty five years ago, but yet it was hushed
>> up. Interesting still is the fact that Phillip Morris, the largest
tobacco
>> company owns Krafts Foods. Since the food manufacturers have been
switching
>> to "partially hydrogenated oils, this" proves that they know, but won't
>> admit it. Why? It could open pandora's box to lawsuits concerning
diseases
>> caused from hydrogenated oils. Research studies from many researchers
have
>> shown that there is no increase in heart disease when normal amounts of
>> regular saturated fat are consumed. However, research has shown the ill
>> effects of hydrogenated oils, whether they be "fully" or "partially"
>> hydrogenated. Either type of hydrogenated oils are deadly to the body.
>> Statistics from the National Institute of Health may show that people are
>> not "dieing" from heart disease as often as they were 3 years ago, this
does
>> not mean that more people are developing heart disease. The reduced
numbers
>> in deaths can be attributed to newer technology and drugs. The truth is
that
>> the statistics for diagnosed cases of heart disease has increased
>> dramatically over the last 30 years according to Dr. Udo Erasmus, PH.D, a
>> consultant to the fats and oils business. According to Dr. Erasmus, in
1900,
>> 15% of the population died from heart disease, today it is 44%. In 1900,
3%
>> died from cancer, today, it is 23%. This cannot all be attributed to gene
>> defects. Heart disease has become a multi-billion dollar business. It
>> benefits researchers funded by the NIH, heart specialists and drug
>> companies. No wonder no one wants to admit what the research is showing.
Dr.
>> Edward Siguel, M.D. Ph.D, an award winning researcher, has found a
definite
>> correlation between hydrogenated trans fatty acids and heart disease.
>> Furthermore, his study found that people with the lowest trans fatty
acids
>> had the lowest heart disease. Remember, trans fatty acids are made from
>> hydrogenating oils. The latest findings from Harvard researchers,
published
>> in November, 1997, state that its' not the level of or amount of fat
intake
>> that increases heart attacks and heart disease, but the type of fats
>> consumed, especially trans fatty acids. For the last twenty years, there
has
>> been a substantial increase in the number of children and young adults
>> having high cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Research shows that
trans
>> fatty acids, produced from hydrogenating oils, elevate cholesterol and
>> triglyceride levels two-fold. The largest group of people developing
heart
>> disease is the 21-29 year old group. Also the increase of this new
>> non-insulin diabetic disease has been seen in all age groups over the
last
>> 50 years. Even attention deficit disorder is being linked to these oils.
>> Remember Lorzenzo's Oil a few years ago. This was a young child that had
>> essential fatty acids metabolism problems. It was an auto-immune disease
>> that could eventually kill him. Thanks to a certain researcher, he came
up
>> with Lorenzo's oil that corrected the immune disorder. This only proved
the
>> importance of unchanged natural essential fatty acids are needed for the
>> building of normal and healthy cells. Part of Lorenzo's treatment was
that
>> he was forbidden to eat any type of hydrogenated oils.

>> Studies Show These Effects Of Trans Fatty Acids On The Body

>> 1:) Lowers the "good" HDL cholesterol in a dose response manner (the
higher
>> the trans level in the diet, the lower the HDL cholesterol in the serum);
>> 2:) Raises the LDL cholesterol in a dose response manner;
>> 3:) Raises the atherogenic lipoprotein (a) in humans;
>> 4:) Raises total serum cholesterol levels 20-30mg%;

>> 5:) Lowers the amount of cream (volume) in milk from lactating females in
>> all species studied, including humans, thus lowering the overall quality
>> available to the infant;
>> 6:) Correlates to low birth weight in human infants;
>> 7:) Increases blood insulin levels in humans in response to glucose load,
>> increasing risk for diabetes;
>> 8:) Affects immune response by lowering efficiency of B cell response and
>> increasing proliferation of T cells;
>> 9:) Decreases levels of testosterone in male animals, increases level of
>> abnormal sperm, and interferes with gestation in females;
>> 10:) Decreases the response of the red blood cell to insulin, thus having
a
>> potentially undesirable effect in diabetics;
>> 11:) Inhibits the function of membrane-related enzymes such as the
delta-6
>> desaturase, resulting in decreased conversion of, e.g., linoleic acid to
>> arachidonic acid;
>> 12:) Causes adverse alterations in the activities of the important enzyme
>> system that metabolizes chemical carcinogens and drugs (medications),
i.e.,
>> the mixed function oxidase cytochromes
>> 13:) Causes alterations in physiological properties of biological
membranes
>> including measurements of membrane transport and membrane fluidity;
>> 14:) Causes alterations in adipose cell size, cell number, lipid class,
and
>> fatty acid composition;
>> 15:) Adversely interacts with conversion of plant omega-3 fatty acids to
>> elongated omega-3 tissue fatty acids; Escalates adverse effects of
essential
>> fatty acid deficiency;
>> 16:) Increases peroxisomal activity (potentiates free-radical formation)
>> 17:) Increased breast cancer in women
>> 18:) Increased heart disease in men and women
>> 19:) Increases non-insulin dependent type diabetes disease

>> Why is it that the FDA ruled that trans fatty acids percentages don't
have
>> to be listed on food labels?

>> Hog Farmers Won't Feed Their Hogs Hydrogenated Oiled Foods

>> Dr. Russel Jaffe, MD, a noted medical researcher stumbled across the fact
>> that hog farmers wouldn't feed trans fatty acids foods, or hydrogenated
>> oiled foods to their pigs. The reason is because they die from eating
foods
>> containing these oils. When Dr. Jaffe contacted the U.S. Department of
>> Agriculture, they admitted they had known about it but that it was not in
>> their jurisdiction. When he contacted the Federal Drug Administration,
they
>> simply said they didn't have the time to investigate such rumours. And
this
>> is the government agency which is suppose to be protecting us from toxic
>> foods? Dr. Jaffe also published a report where he found that cottonseed
oil
>> contains fatty acids similar to those present in rape seed. Rape seed oil
>> was taken off the market for causing severe illness and in some instances
>> deaths because of its' toxic fatty acids to humans, dogs and pigs. There
are
>> some fatty acids in some plants that are toxic to the human body. Dr.
Jaffe
>> found that when cottonseed oil is hydrogenated, not only does it change
the
>> molecular structure of this already toxic fatty acid, but you get double
the
>> toxicity to the human body. Hydrogenated, or partially hydrogenated
>> cottonseed oil is used by many food chains in frying french fries, other
>> fried goods and bakery goods.

>> How Do Trans Fatty Acids Cause Non-Insulin Diabetes?

>> The body makes protein from "normal" amino acids. "Normal" meaning amino
>> acids which the body is genetically use to. Properly structured protein
is
>> needed for insulin to be effective in reducing sugar in the blood.
Protein
>> is also derived from fats. By having "abnormally changed molecular
essential
>> fatty acids" that do not create proper cell growth, cell division and
cell
>> development, (protein is used in cell development), you wind up with
>> abnormal protein that cannot properly synthesize the insulin in its'
>> metabolic process. In eventually becomes ineffective in reducing sugar in
>> the blood stream. Hyperinsuliemia is the results. The body starts
producing
>> more and more insulin to control sugar, however it become ineffective in
>> controlling blood sugar. This has been directly linked in research to
>> prostaglandins. Prostaglandins are made from essential fatty acids.
Research
>> by researchers at the Division of Science, Northeast Missouri State
>> University has shown that the central mechanism for pancreatic insulin
>> production is mediated by prostaglandins and is not an autonomic response
as
>> once thought. Autonomic meaning a normal body response. This has been
>> confirmed by other studies in Germany, Massachusetts General Hospital,
>> Boston and by about half a dozen other researchers. Included in some of
this
>> research is in-depth studies of the roles of properly structured
essential
>> fatty acids and how they interrelate in making not only the correct
amount
>> of insulin, but most importantly, its' effectiveness in the bloodstream
in
>> reducing blood sugar. Dr. Holman and his colleagues at the Hormel
Institute
>> at the University of Minnesota has shown that trans fatty acids disrupt
>> cellular function. They affect many enzymes such as the delta-6
desaturase
>> and consequently interfere with the necessary conversions of both the
>> omega-6 and the omega-3 essential fatty acids to their elongated forms
and
>> consequently escalate the adverse effects of essential fatty acid
>> deficiency. Dr. Lenore Kohlmeier in Finland completed a study on 700
women,
>> (300 of them had breast cancer). The study included the analysis of the
>> tissue fat cells of the women. Dr. Kohlmeier issued this statement,
"women
>> who have higher stores of trans fatty acids have a 1.4 times higher risk
of
>> developing breast cancer." Additional work by several researchers also
show
>> that trans fatty acids which are produced in the hydrogenation of oils
>> process are the culprit. This is why in the 1940's when non insulin type
II
>> diabetes started to appear that the medical community was dumbfounded to
>> what was causing it.

>> The Canter For Science in Public Interest

>> Recently, the centre analysed 41 supermarket and restaurant foods
purchased
>> in seven cities across the country. The results were published in the
>> September issue of the CSPI'S Nutrition Action Health letter. These are
the
>> findings:

>> FRENCH FRIES: The hidden trans fatty acids in McDonalds, Hardees and
Arby's
>> fries doubles the damage caused by their regular saturated regular fat
>> counterparts. The fries at Burger King and Wendy's are even worse.
>> FISH: Red Lobster's Admiral's Feast Dinner contains a two day supply of
>> artery clogging trans fatty acids.
>> CHICKEN: Kentucky Fried Chicken has a full day's worth of trans fatty
acids
>> BAKED GOODS: Dunkin Donuts Old Fashioned Cake Donuts contains trans fatty
>> acids that more than doubles the damage its' regular saturated fat
>> counterpart. Eating just one is like eating 8 strips of bacon as
pertaining
>> to the amount of damage it is doing to the arteries because of the trans
>> fatty acids. Who eats 8 strips of bacon at one sitting? Campbell's Soups
are
>> loaded with hydrogenated oils, read the label on the cans. Most crackers
and
>> especially cookies also.

>> Countries In Europe Allow Only 4% Trans Fatty Acids In Foods-Some Ban
Its'
>> Use.

>> Many countries in Europe allow only 4% of trans fatty acids in any foods
>> made with hydrogenated oils. Do they know something we don't? Some
countries
>> like Denmark has banned hydrogenated oils for over 40 years. Interestin