Fact: In the last 30 years, Americans have lowered their fat consumption by 10 percent, while obesity has doubled. http://greatist.com/health/saturated-fat-healthy
Interesting! I love to cook and eat and I have never been afraid of good fat, from direct sources, meat, butter and cream. Yes, I know that most widely published studies tell us that trans fats the cause of serious health issues in the United States; however, the research does not tell us that the American diet is full of artificial trans fats which in my opinion are the real culprits. I am not a medical doctor, nor a nutritionist, but a good old fashioned homemaker and cook who knows good food from bad. I am not advocating to eat a spoon of lard, though I would and never worry about it. But, I am advocating the removal of artificial trans fat from your diet. The major contributors to artificial trans fat intake include fried items, savory snacks (like microwave popcorn), frozen pizzas, cake, cookies, pie, margarines and spreads, ready-to-use frosting, and coffee creamers. The amount of trans fat can vary among similar food categories.
The amount of trans fat can vary within food categories
| Food category | Range of trans fat per serving (g) |
|---|---|
| Margarine and spreads | 0.0-3.0 g |
| Cookies | 0.0-3.5 g |
| Frozen pies | 0.0-4.5 g |
| Frozen pizza | 0.0-5.0 g |
| Savory Snacks | 0.0-7.0 g |
Trans fat are also found in restaurant and cafeteria foods that contain or are prepared with partially hydrogenated oil. Currently, only about 1 in 5 Americans (20 percent) lives where there are policies that limit the use or sale of foods that contain more than 0.5 grams of artificial trans fat per serving.
Poor old saturated fat. For over forty years now, it’s been spoken of only in hushed tones, dissed as nothing but artery clogging, obesity-causing poison. This “common sense fact” has become so widely accepted that a lot of people who want to improve their diet start by purchasing skim milk, ditching their egg yolks, and beginning a life free of steak, pork, and butter.
It’s time to bring bacon back to breakfast. After all, saturated fat is good for you.
http://greatist.com/health/saturated-fat-healthy
References
1 U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010. 7th Edition, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, December 2010.2 Institute of Medicine. Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids. National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 2005.
3 Dietz WH, Scanlon, KS. 2012. Eliminating the Use of Partially Hydrogenated Oil in Food Production and Preparation. JAMA. 2012;308(2):143-144.
4 Doell D, Folmer D, Lee H, Honigfort M, Carberry S. 2012. Updated estimate of trans fat intake in the U.S. population. Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A: Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure & Risk Assessment. Available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19440049.2012.664570
.5 Center for Science in the Public Interest. Trans fat bans in restaurants: http://www.cspinet.org/transfat/
. Accessed March 18, 2012.
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