Eating For Health

Seems like everyone wants to jump on the latest trends in healthier food.    Many people are now choosing Chipotle over McDonald’s.    More of us are shunning artificial ingredients and artificial flavors in favor of real food.     So what is the Fast Food industry doing to get on the healthier bandwagon?   They are going to start removing artificial ingredients, preservatives and colorings from their food.   Who is doing what? Subway – I like Subway as one can get whole grain bread, lean meat and veggies on a sandwich.   They will be removing artificial colors, flavors and preservatives. Papa John’s – who doesn’t like pizza?   We usually avoid Papa John’s because of all the sugar they put in the sauce, it just tastes sweet.   But Papa John’s is planning on cutting out 14 not so healthy ingredients, like high fructose corn syrup, preservatives, artificial colors.   When?   By the end of 2016. They have already made s...

One nutrition topic in the news this week was trans fats.   T rans Fats In the news because the federal government is pressing towards banning all trans fats in our food supply. What are Trans Fats?   This fat is made by adding hydrogen to vegetable oil which makes it a more solid fat.    But by making the fat more solid, they create a fat that is bad for our health.   Why Are Trans Fats Bad for Your Health? Trans fats are known as the “bad” fats.   Actually, the worst of the fats as they have been linked to heart disease, stroke and developing type 2 diabetes.   In an article by the Associated Press, ( No More Trans Fat:   FDA Banning the Artery Clogger ) they called them “heart clogging trans fats”.    Good description as these fats have been linked to heart disease because they not only aise your “bad” cholesterol (LDL –cholesterol), but also lower your good cholesterol (HDL cholesterol)   and thus increase your r...