Recently there has been talk of the ingredient “Trans Fat” in the news . During the last 40 years or so trans fat has become one of the most common ingredient in grocery store and restaurant food . The Food and Drug Administration did not at that time require that trans fats be listed on food labels , so it was given the nickname “phantom fat”. Now they are requiring this ingredient be listed on all food labels , but for years it was the phantom fat in most of the foods that we buy in the store, and eat at restaurants.
Trans fats are produced when food manufactors take liquid vegetable oils, heat them and add metal catalysts, hydrogen to the mix. This process produces hardened vegetable oils that remain solid at room temperature, and are less likely to spoil. These hardened oils can be made into shortening and margarine. If you were to read the food label on Country Crock margarine it says: vegetable oil blend(partially hydrogenated soybean oil, liquid soybean oil) , trans fat 2g. Researcher at Harvard’s School Of Public Health estimate that trans fat contributes to 3000 deaths a year , yet we are not made aware this dangerous ingredient in our food until recently. Trans fats causes obesity which equals obese people , who tend to have a lot of health problems that will probably shorten their lives! How serious is this talk of trans fats , well in 2003 Denmark passed a law banning trans fat. Wendy’s, KFC , McDonald’s will stop using trans fat to cook their food.
All this makes you wonder what other ingredients are in foods we don’t know about , or have not been made aware of! I’m not a doctor , but here is my advice moderate what you eat, exercise ,and continue to pray over your food before you eat.
