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Choose Healthy. - Find out which products contain trans fats and other potentially harmful ingredients

Diet options that limit trans fat intake

While proper nutrition and dieting do not always go hand in hand, it’s important to know which diets might actually be increasing your trans fat intake through the foods they suggest to eat or manufacture themselves. For instance, the popular Atkins diet has a strong position against trans fats. According to Bantransfats.com
“While Atkins critics have [...]

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Wed, September 3 2008 » Breads, Newest Posts » No Comments

Spotted* Lays Potato Chips - Thanks Dr. Mercola

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 [...]

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Fri, August 29 2008 » Chips & Snacks, Newest Posts, Serving Size Offenders » No Comments

Spotted* FAT FREE Blue Cheese Salad Dressing…not exactly!

If there is one place the health nuts and dieters of the world can turn for nutritious food, a good ole’ fashioned salad remains as a viable option. However, unless you like the taste of plain lettuce leaves and sliced tomatoes (we’re not all rabbits), you are probably going to drizzle some choice salad dressing [...]

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Tue, August 26 2008 » Newest Posts, Serving Size Offenders » No Comments