World vague awareness of how bad trans fats are really for your health is almost like a fad.
But some health experts are concerned that anti-trans fat buzz could send the wrong signal. They warned against the "effect SnackWell" (or "SnackWell syndrome").
What is the effect SnackWell?
In the 190s, food manufacturers have begun to make low-fat and fat-free cookies, including cookies food SnackWell Devils. It was not long before these cookies have become a great success with the diet. Retail and grocery stores often sold out of them.
In fact, the cookies with low fat content of SnackWell were so successful that they are one of the most successful product launches in the food industry history, wrote the Chicago Tribune .
the problem was that people mistakenly believed that it is only the fat in food that causes weight gain. They also believed they could eat as much fat cookies as they wanted without gaining anything.
But put on the pounds is the result of consuming more calories than to burn them. So eat a fat box of cookies could add hundreds of calories to your diet.
When consumers have realized the cookies are not helping their weight loss efforts, sales of SnackWell dropped.
regarding trans fatty acids, SnackWell effect would happen if people started to believe all trans-fat foods were healthy.
"fried chicken or trans trans fat fat donuts are hardly an improvement. It may even backfire, with people thinking, now there are healthy fries [!]," said Care health author Michele Simon in Baltimore Sun
Keep in mind that all trans free food gREASE not all necessarily healthy They may contain saturated fats.. - . Who can raise your cholesterol, cause high blood pressure and pose many other health risks of heart
According to Mayo clinic, the average person should not eat more than 20 grams. fat saturated by day - and less than 2 grams of trans per day bold
another thing to remember:. foods labeled "0 trans fat" can be misleading the food and Drug Administration allows manufacturers to "fat 0 trans "on the label if half a gram or less of trans fat per serving.
So how can you choose foods with trans fats? Read the ingredient list.
trans fat comes from the oils hydrogenation process artificially. If "partially hydrogenated oil" is listed nowhere in the ingredients, and the food has trans fat.
While taking the trans fat of the image is good, it is not the only health risk food.
"We're definitely going in the right direction. It is somewhat fashionable these days, but [removing trans fats] only doing half the job, "said Dr. Michael Miller, who is director of the Preventive Cardiology Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
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