No-Trans Fat Margarine is Still Trans Fat!
Last night, my family and I went to a large restaurant chain, open 24-7, for supper. My kids ordered pancakes and when they got their order, they got margarine instead of butter to top it. The problem is that our family has not consumed margarine for the past 4 years now, and they absolutely hate the taste of that artificial crap. Plus, margarine, no matter how many companies claim it has no transfats in their products; margarine is always going to be transfat. How is this? Because when you heat up the oils, and then process it the way margarine is, the properties of the oils are going to be forever altered in a transfat form.
Well, here’s what happened. We asked our server if the kids could have regular butter. However, here is the answer they gave us:
“The company has decided that butter was unhealthy because of the saturated fats in butter. We had butter until the inspector came out last summer, but he made us get rid of it.” Even the manager came over and told that they were not allowed to have butter there, because of the corporate decision that they must change things to make the food healthier. He even claimed that the margarine they had was non-tans-fat. I told him that no matter what the companies say, their products are still going to be transfat. He just ended the conversation then, and walked off.
Then, I learned later that the only state where they can have butter is in Wisconsin, because that is the “dairy state”. Huh? What sense does that make? What makes one state immune to the saturated fats while the other states aren’t? But here is the worst part–saturated fats are nowhere near the enemy that we are being led to believe it is. You can read more about that here…
A summary of the above article:
“Cholesterol may be ingested in animal products, but less than twenty percent of your body’s cholesterol needs will be supplied in this way. Your body then makes up the difference. If you eat less cholesterol, your body merely compensates by making more.”
Saturatd fats are not the enemy, but grains. In future articles, I will tell you why grains will make you sicker than just eating saturated fats. You can cure most nutrition related diseases by not eating grains…but until then, have some butter!
Carbs, Junk Food, Oh My!
So, I backslid a little this past weekend. I had pizza, pop, and a bit of junk food. And my weight went back up a few pounds. And…I got really cranky as a result. Apparently, there have been some studies done that shows how depression, violence, and suicide happens more in people who are eating large amounts of bran, soy foods, high carb diets, and/or are vegetarians. You can read more about it here.
The basics of the article states that:
- Carbohydrates are often recommended by nutritionists to be eaten at night, because of the sedative effects it has on your system. In someone who is already prone to depression, this could have disastrous and debilitating results! The article states that, “But with depression, if you are tired, you really don’t feel like doing anything: it’s an effort to get up, work, play, interact with people, get meals, and so on. And under these conditions, carbohydrate meals have exactly the opposite effect from what you might expect. They make you relaxed and slow your reaction times…“
- Low cholesterol can lead to suicide and violence.
- The simple solution is to get rid of the high carb diet, and eat more of a protein/fat diet.
It’s not a wonder I got really down and cranky, then…if grain based carbs, and a low-protein diet is to blame for depression, suicide and violence, then maybe it would be better for me to eat high protein and fat, and a low carb (no grains) diet. Worth a shot, eh?
