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When I picked up a container of said frosting cream cheese flavor and read the label, as I always do, I found much to my horror that it contained artery-hardening, cerebral hemorrhage-inducing and heart attack-creating trans-fats.
Margaret Cochran, Ph.D.: Betty Crocker, It's Time to Hang up Your Spoon and Apologize to America! Ph.D. Margaret Cochran 2011
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Speaking of which, that's the real reason Darth Vader sounds the way he does, too many cigars and trans-fats in his diet.
Margaret Cochran, Ph.D.: Betty Crocker, It's Time to Hang up Your Spoon and Apologize to America! Ph.D. Margaret Cochran 2011
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Does anyone think freedom is advanced thanks to the elimination of trans-fats?
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Well, My Health Insurance Policy Just Became Illegal 2010
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When it comes to the fat debate, the crucial issue is determining which fats are healthy and which fats are not: Real, whole-food sources of fats, like butter and eggs, are healthy while industrially produced sources of fats, like partially hydrogenated oils or trans-fats, are not.
Kristin Wartman: Change in Season: Why Salt Doesn't Deserve Its Bad Rap Kristin Wartman 2011
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"Sugar-sweetened drinks are not worth the cost to our health, and government shouldn't be promoting or subsidizing them," said Bloomberg, who also has outlawed trans-fats in restaurant food and has forced chain restaurants to post calorie counts on menus.
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Most studies involving saturated fats do not adequately control for trans-fats and other unusual-form fatty acids (hydrogenated fats and the like).
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These manipulated saturated fats are also called trans-fats -- and you should avoid them like the plague.
Dr. Joseph Mercola: Coconut Oil: When Fat Is A Good Thing Dr. Joseph Mercola 2011
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Frying destroys the antioxidants in oil, actually oxidizing the oil, which causes even worse problems for your body than trans-fats.
Dr. Joseph Mercola: Coconut Oil: When Fat Is A Good Thing Dr. Joseph Mercola 2011
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They can take my trans-fats when they pry them out of my cold dead arteries.
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When it comes to the fat debate, the crucial issue is determining which fats are healthy and which fats are not: Real, whole-food sources of fats, like butter and eggs, are healthy while industrially produced sources of fats, like partially hydrogenated oils or trans-fats, are not.
Kristin Wartman: Change in Season: Why Salt Doesn't Deserve Its Bad Rap Kristin Wartman 2011
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