Are there trans fats hiding in your trans-fat free foods?
February 17, 2011
You’re doing what you can to eat healthy: you’re watching your portion sizes, have switched to whole grains and are reading labels.
But your efforts may be thwarted by some misleading labelling according to an article in the American Journal of Health Promotion. In the U.S., foods can be labelled as trans-fat free if they contain less than 0.5 grams of trans fats.
And with 0.49 grams qualifying as zero trans fats when it comes to labels, you could easily exceed the 1.11 grams of trans fats that’s the daily rec.
To check if your so-called trans-fat free food has trans fats? The researcher recommends looking at the ingredient list for hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils.
Or, you know, you can opt for a piece of fruit instead of a packaged snack. Just a thought. Although, believe me, I understand the allure of a good potato chip.
Filed under: Diet,Healthy Swellness
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1. Nutrition news roundup: F&hellip | February 24, 2011 at 5:12 PM
[…] Are there trans fats hiding in your trans-fat free foods? by Karen Kwan at Health & Swellness. ‘There’d better darned well not be!’ might be your response to that question if you know that trans fats are artery-cloggers. Your heart hates trans fat. And with heart disease being the #1 killer of Canadians, you might want to be good to your heart and feed it foods it loves, like salmon and olives. Just sayin’. […]
2. Jen tests: Baked Doritos &hellip | March 1, 2011 at 5:24 PM
[…] the fat” claim proves true. -trans fat: 0g each. Good. Er, I think. Karen’s post on hidden trans fats has me suspicious but there are no partially hydrogenated or hydrogenated oils in the ingredients […]
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