Choose Healthy. - Find out which products contain trans fats and other potentially harmful ingredients
While hiking through the peaks and valleys of the Smokey Mountains, J. Thomas Wenzel paused briefly to refuel on a granola bar. As had become customary , before tearing open the wrapper and munching on, he checked the ingredients list only to find that seemingly omnipresent term “partially hydrogenated” staring back at him. Little did he know that this tiny [...]
Sat, October 11 2008 » Bakery, Breads, Chips & Snacks, Cookies, Crackers, Fast Food, Newest Posts, Serving Size Offenders, Soups, Store Brands » No Comments
As you can see in the picture found on our post about Bisquick pancake mix, Transfatspotting.com has gone guerilla warfare to inform people about products that contain trans fat. We have designed stickers that are available for purchase in our store that we want to see on every product in the grocery store that contain [...]
Sun, October 5 2008 » Bakery, Breads, Chips & Snacks, Cookies, Crackers, Fast Food, Newest Posts, Serving Size Offenders, Soups, Store Brands » No Comments
Quick but to the point post:
I have been asked the question ” Why care about such small amounts of trans fats, especially in products that contain less than .5 grams per serving?”
The answer is that even consuming as little as 1 gram of trans fat per day raises your risk for heart disease by 20 percent, [...]
Tue, September 2 2008 » Bakery, Breads, Chips & Snacks, Cookies, Crackers, Newest Posts, Serving Size Offenders, Store Brands » No Comments
Today I thought I’d let someone else rant and rave about the deception that occurs in food marketing and labeling. Dr. Mercola, a renound author and nutrition zealot talks about the dangers of trans fat, and shows us how products like Lays BBQ potato chips claim zero grams trans fat when they still contain hydrogenated [...]
Fri, August 29 2008 » Chips & Snacks, Newest Posts, Serving Size Offenders » No Comments
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