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AVOID Partially Hydrogenated Oils!

Hydrogenated oils (fully or partially hydrogenated) are man-made artificial fats (otherwise known as trans fats) that are extremely dangerous to our health… and I don’t use the word dangerous lightly here. 

Using hydrogenated oils in foods is a strategy employed by many companies of all sizes, to enhance the taste of their foods and extend the shelf-life and shelf-stability of those foods while saving their money; trans fats are considerably cheaper to use than natural fats.

The risk to us?  On-going destruction of our cell membranes without notice until disease has fully established and shown itself; from myriad cancers to strokes, to ubiquitous heart disease – no one is immune to its hazards.

Your goal is to avoid it’s consumption at every turn, don’t merely minimize it – some will slip into your diet anyway because its everywhere. 

Don’t buy anything in the store with hydrogenated oils included in the ingredients.

Fried food is often fried in hydrogenated oils, making an already unhealthy method of food preparation a complete and total disaster to our health.

Restaurants serve food loaded with hydrogenated oils – don’t eat out frequently.

Select your own food, prepare your own food and know your own food, before you consume it.

High Fructose Corn Syrup is merely another sugar… and sugar we simply get too much of already.

On the other hand, Partially Hydrogenated Oils are a dangerous and toxic ingredient at any measure and they should be eliminated from our diets.

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Pass the Hunger Test!

Are you sure that you’re hungry? 

When at home… if you aren’t hungry enough to select a nice quality piece of produce, such as baby carrots, sliced apples, segmented oranges, a pre-cooked sweet potato or the like, then you’re simply not that hungry; you’re merely bored, stressed or thirsty.

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