(OT) Trans Fat Musings & Thanksgiving Wishes :)

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

While sitting on the sidelines these last couple of weeks during the healing

and rehab of my dad, I've been doing some navel contemplation. This time,

my thought topic has been " trans fat " .

I continue to hear about how our bodies can NOT burn this stored fat and

that it can remain with us throughout life. Being the bean-counter I am, I

started extending out the values...

Throughout our lives, most of us have been exposed to these trans fats.

Even if we didn't know it! Many food producers and fast food restaurants

moved to the hydrogenated oils to extend the life of the oils they used for

cooking. ...Either unaware, or not caring that by extending the life of the

oils, they were prospectively shortening our human lives. I prefer to

believe it is unawareness, but, since the almighty buck rules many

businesses in our economy, maybe that is not the case.

Anyhow, I had a package of scones the other day. It was something that I

used to eat basically EVERY weekday morning as part of my breakfast routine

when working in town, and shared these with my family. It wasn't until

after we ate these that I looked at the contents... They contained 4.5g of

trans fat per scone! Ouch!

Add to this, the McD's French fries at ~3 or 4g per order and the host of

other baked or fried goodies, and I found I was likely consuming a minimum

of 8 to 10g of, what I now hear is, unburnable body fat, and I now readily

understand the fattening of America. Somewhere else, I've read that we

generally move from 18% to 36% TBF as we age. And it made me wonder if this

is a normal bodily process, or something that happens because of our bodies

unable to process the types of fat we've been accumulating over the years.

If, like me, you have been exposed to 10g of trans fat per day of our adult

life, in 365 days each year, that amounts to 3,650 calories. In my case,

very recently turning 48, that means I may have eaten these " unburnable "

calories for 30 years and that totals 109,500 extra calories. If we know it

takes 3,500 calories per pound, then, over the last 30 years, I've

accumulated more than 31 pounds of non-burnable flubber. Flubber that I may

NEVER be able to shed. And this does not include the 18 years of childhood

eating. Double ouch!

If I consider my new " target " weight of 220 pounds and assume that I would

have been at 18% body fat at age 18, my lean mass would be just over 180

pounds. Following this calculation through, I would have amassed the extra

31 pounds of fat and be at 251 pounds today, and this means more than 28%

body fat at age 48. Following this through to age 78, if one can maintain

the same muscle mass, I would be 282 pounds or holding just over 36% total

body fat.

When I look at & Ivan Z. in their body building competitive form, and

realize they have been farm fresh eaters for most of their life (of course I

realize they also work very hard at keeping themselves fit and trim, too),

it does provide more evidence supporting this thesis.

This means that the process of an " average " adult male growing from 18% to

36% body fat is something that may have been easily be prevented if we

weren't so interested in saving $'s by artificially extending the life of

cooking oils.

I still likely have lots of ordinary stored fat to get rid of before I need

to worry about my base of " trans fats " , but, it is something to think about

as we reach for those free day calories. Some things (including my favorite

Tastykake shortbread holiday cookies & scones), even on free days, should be

avoided.

, do you know if your salt wash & fast does anything about cleansing

these trans fat toxins from our body? Does anyone know of what can be done

to offset the artificial chemicals so our bodies can purge this unwanted

accumulation of fat? Is liposuction our only option? All these crazy

thoughts and I have no idea where to get the answers. Does anyone know?

Now... All that being said, I understand that baked turkey breast does not

have trans fat, nor do steamed carrots, so, we BFL'ers should be safe in our

holiday meals.

Have a happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

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[Guest guest]

, that is a scary thought if the transfat really stays in our

bodies and never leaves. I'd like to hope that exercising might get

rid of it.

I checked the wiki on this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_fat and

did learn more on these fats. It sounds like the bad news you gave

us is true since the site says " Research indicates that trans fat may

increase weight gain and abdominal fat, despite a similar caloric

intake. A 6-year experiment revealed that monkeys fed a trans-fat

diet gained 7.2% of their body weight, as compared to 1.8% for monkeys

on a mono-unsaturated fat diet. "

I found on another site that transfat consumption redistributes body

stores of fat to the abdominal area, which is the worst place to store

fat.

If you do a search on trans fat abdominal you can find a lot of

information.

I didn't find anything about getting rid of it, but maybe if we stop

consuming so much transfat, our body fat would redistribute normall

I think we really need to encourage food processors to stop using it

and replace it with a healthier alternative. I'm happy to hear that

KFC is going to stop.

Andy

to offset the artificial chemicals so our bodies can purge this unwanted

> accumulation of fat? Is liposuction our only option? All these crazy

> thoughts and I have no idea where to get the answers. Does anyone know?

[Guest guest]

Interesting, I just saw this article on Trans Fat. NYC is banning

them in all restaurants. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16051436/

janna

>

> Hi all,

>

> While sitting on the sidelines these last couple of weeks during

the healing

> and rehab of my dad, I've been doing some navel contemplation.

This time,

> my thought topic has been " trans fat " .

>

> I continue to hear about how our bodies can NOT burn this stored

fat and

> that it can remain with us throughout life. Being the bean-

counter I am, I

> started extending out the values...

>

> Throughout our lives, most of us have been exposed to these trans

fats.

> Even if we didn't know it! Many food producers and fast food

restaurants

> moved to the hydrogenated oils to extend the life of the oils they

used for

> cooking. ...Either unaware, or not caring that by extending the

life of the

> oils, they were prospectively shortening our human lives. I

prefer to

> believe it is unawareness, but, since the almighty buck rules many

> businesses in our economy, maybe that is not the case.

>

> Anyhow, I had a package of scones the other day. It was something

that I

> used to eat basically EVERY weekday morning as part of my

breakfast routine

> when working in town, and shared these with my family. It wasn't

until

> after we ate these that I looked at the contents... They

contained 4.5g of

> trans fat per scone! Ouch!

>

> Add to this, the McD's French fries at ~3 or 4g per order and the

host of

> other baked or fried goodies, and I found I was likely consuming a

minimum

> of 8 to 10g of, what I now hear is, unburnable body fat, and I now

readily

> understand the fattening of America. Somewhere else, I've read

that we

> generally move from 18% to 36% TBF as we age. And it made me

wonder if this

> is a normal bodily process, or something that happens because of

our bodies

> unable to process the types of fat we've been accumulating over

the years.

>

> If, like me, you have been exposed to 10g of trans fat per day of

our adult

> life, in 365 days each year, that amounts to 3,650 calories. In

my case,

> very recently turning 48, that means I may have eaten

these " unburnable "

> calories for 30 years and that totals 109,500 extra calories. If

we know it

> takes 3,500 calories per pound, then, over the last 30 years, I've

> accumulated more than 31 pounds of non-burnable flubber. Flubber

that I may

> NEVER be able to shed. And this does not include the 18 years of

childhood

> eating. Double ouch!

>

> If I consider my new " target " weight of 220 pounds and assume that

I would

> have been at 18% body fat at age 18, my lean mass would be just

over 180

> pounds. Following this calculation through, I would have amassed

the extra

> 31 pounds of fat and be at 251 pounds today, and this means more

than 28%

> body fat at age 48. Following this through to age 78, if one can

maintain

> the same muscle mass, I would be 282 pounds or holding just over

36% total

> body fat.

>

> When I look at & Ivan Z. in their body building competitive

form, and

> realize they have been farm fresh eaters for most of their life

(of course I

> realize they also work very hard at keeping themselves fit and

trim, too),

> it does provide more evidence supporting this thesis.

>

> This means that the process of an " average " adult male growing

from 18% to

> 36% body fat is something that may have been easily be prevented

if we

> weren't so interested in saving $'s by artificially extending the

life of

> cooking oils.

>

> I still likely have lots of ordinary stored fat to get rid of

before I need

> to worry about my base of " trans fats " , but, it is something to

think about

> as we reach for those free day calories. Some things (including

my favorite

> Tastykake shortbread holiday cookies & scones), even on free days,

should be

> avoided.

>

> , do you know if your salt wash & fast does anything about

cleansing

> these trans fat toxins from our body? Does anyone know of what

can be done

> to offset the artificial chemicals so our bodies can purge this

unwanted

> accumulation of fat? Is liposuction our only option? All these

crazy

> thoughts and I have no idea where to get the answers. Does anyone

know?

>

> Now... All that being said, I understand that baked turkey breast

does not

> have trans fat, nor do steamed carrots, so, we BFL'ers should be

safe in our

> holiday meals.

>

> Have a happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> - - - - -

> Holowko, CPA, CCP

> PO Box 444

> Lafayette Hill, PA 19444-0444

> - - - - -

> Telephone:

> - - - - -

> E-mailto:gholowko@...

> - - - - -

> Remember... Progress, NOT perfection!

> - - - - -

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