Trans Fat
Visceral fat, a type of deep belly fat, increases the risk of serious health problems. Your diet plays a major role in how much visceral fat you have. Here are five foods to eliminate from your diet if you want to decrease visceral fat.
Processed foods have earned a bad reputation, partially for the ingredients they contain. Here are five of the worst ingredients you commonly find in processed and packaged foods.
Can you really trust what the labels say on food products? Not always. Food manufacturers have their own “clever” tricks to make you think you’re eating something healthier than you really are. Here are five of them.
The FDA’s move to ban trans-fats is a small victory for health, but it won’t make processed foods that much healthier. Trans-fat, in the form of partially hydrogenated oil, has to be replaced with another type of fat. What will it be – and will it be a healthier alternative?
Who doesn’t worry about getting Alzheimer’s disease as they age? It’s a scary thought, but there are things you can do to lower your risk. Start by changing your diet. Here are 5 dietary habits that will help reduce your risk for Alzheimer’s disease.
Not all dietary fat is created equal, of course. Here’s a look at which fats should remain a part of your regular diet and which need to go.
Trans fats are still common in processed foods of all sorts: cookies, pastries and snack food are likely to contain them. Regulations say that trans fat should be listed as an ingredient in the US, but foods which were already in production before 2006 are not covered. So a label might not state ‘trans fat’ in those words. The words to watch for are ‘hydrogenated’ and ‘partly hydrogenated’.
Not all products that say they’re free of trans-fats actually are. Find out what products to watch out for, and how to be a “trans-fat detective” to avoid unknowingly getting this unhealthy fat in your diet.
