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
My fortune read ” You will live a long and healthy life.” Maybe so, but it won’t be because I ate the fortune cookie that comes along with my steamed chicken and mixed vegetables. When you buy a pint of lo mien or moo shoo pork, in reality you have no idea of what’s actually [...]
Thu, August 21 2008 » Cookies, Newest Posts » No Comments
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