By now I hope you know that trans fats are evil -- they increase your bad cholesterol, lower your good cholesterol, and there's nothing natural about them. I'm not exaggerating when I say the stuff is worse than lard.
Most cookies you see on the snack shelf contain trans fats. The same goes for Girl Scout Cookies, although they have made improvements. According to this article, they've lowered the partially hydrogenated vegetable oil used in their cookies to the point where they are legally able to use the "Zero Grams of Trans fat!" label on their packaging, as allowed by the FDA.
This is a great improvement, but bear in mind that this is a misleading label. "Zero" in this case does not mean none. If you look at the ingredients list, you'll still see "partially hydrogenated vegetable oil" listed there. Under FDA rules, less than half a gram per serving is allowable. Shame on the FDA for caving in to food manufacturers' whining. Shame on the Girl Scouts for not making this an even higher priority. Why not cut them out altogether? As always, it's about profits. And I think that's sad.
3 comments:
Gross...! I am so glad I don't like them.
Ya gotta read the labels down here too, even an innocent box of crackers can be deadly.
It's much better making everything yourself from fresh stuff, but I realise that's not an option for most big city folks.
Jack Lalanne, known by some as the god father of modern fitness, has the motto- "if it tastes good, spit it out." He's 94 now, looks 50.
Maybe don't spit it out, but the fact is that the majority of tasty crap on the shelves of your grocery store is crap. Sure, some natural food stores will offer better products, but anything packaged and sweet should make you suspicious enough to check the label.
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