Seemingly Harmless Foods That Aren't
source: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/seemingly-harmless-foods.php?campaign=TH_rotator
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Michael Pollan's first food rule is simple: Eat Food, which he considers to be a different thing than what he calls edible foodlike substances, or "highly processed concoctions designed by food scientists, consisting mostly of ingredients derived from corn and soy that no normal person keeps in the pantry, and contain chemical additives with which the human body has not been long acquainted."
1. Palm Oil
Many of those substances are bad for our health, bad for our planet and show up in really surprising places. One of the most blatant examples is palm oil, which is now found in just about everything; almost every product that screams "TRANSFAT FREE!" got that way by substituting palm oil for hydrogenated vegetable oil. the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute warns:
Saturated fat raises blood cholesterol the most. Over time, this extra cholesterol can clog your arteries. You are then at risk for having a heart attack or stroke... A high content of saturated fat can be found in some foods that come from plants such as: palm kernel oil, palm oil, coconut oil, cocoa butter.
1. Palm Oil
Many of those substances are bad for our health, bad for our planet and show up in really surprising places. One of the most blatant examples is palm oil, which is now found in just about everything; almost every product that screams "TRANSFAT FREE!" got that way by substituting palm oil for hydrogenated vegetable oil. the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute warns:
Saturated fat raises blood cholesterol the most. Over time, this extra cholesterol can clog your arteries. You are then at risk for having a heart attack or stroke... A high content of saturated fat can be found in some foods that come from plants such as: palm kernel oil, palm oil, coconut oil, cocoa butter.
