Trans fat deadly ( known as hydrogenated fats )

Rachie_B

i checked my raisins lol and it just says vegetable oil

what other kinds of things should i check ?

wonka

I found that virtually all cakes and biscuits at the supermarket contain HVOs. After lots of searching I found about 3 products in the whole aisle that were free of them. Unbelievable.

Cadbury chocolate fingers & Cadbury chocolate marshmallows were free of them.

jordylass

Almost all cakes, biscuits, pastries bought in shops will have HVO's as margarine is the biggest use of HVO, the reason it is used is because it gives a disgustingly long shelf life.
The things with suet really pee's me off, as I have found it impossible to get natural suet, it is thrown out of the slaughter houses as a waste product now and is manufactured instead.

Maisie

There was a thread recently about Monosodium glucamate(MSG) in stock cubes.
Kallo are the best with no additives.

In today's Mail there's an article saying to give a child a bag of crisps and a fizzy drink is worst thing due to the additives.

arkonite_babe

I shall be checking my cupboard tonight. I'm almost scared to look!!

patchwork_cat

This answers the question about fats becoming hydrogenated on cooking.
http://www.tfx.org.uk/page13.html

Shazzie_bompa

These should be made illegal look to the life we are leading

Trans fats and allergy, atopic disorders and other adverse reactions - trans fats / hydrogenated oil not only predispose to atopic disorders. They also cause direct, debilitating allergic and other reactions, with symptoms including headache, migraine, hayfever, acid indigestion, stiff back, vaginal infection (yeast and bacterial).

Trans fats, Alzheimer Disease and other age-related cognitive decline. - eating a lot of trans fat and saturated fat multiplies your chances of getting Alzheimer disease and other forms of dementia, while unsaturated unhydrogenated vegetable fats are strongly protective. Read our review of the compelling scientific evidence.

we need to seriously change our eating habits and forget this rubbish, our grandparents are the people we need to follow ! Then our kids may follow us.....

My daughter is well aware of this & enjoys cooking woth me everyday, its a fun thing plus she feels she is making a change

We must get Tesco to stop selling it now lol like M&S

Recipes to follow

Luv Sharon

thriftlady_2

jordylass wrote:

Almost all cakes, biscuits, pastries bought in shops will have HVO's as margarine is the biggest use of HVO, the reason it is used is because it gives a disgustingly long shelf life.
The things with suet really pee's me off, as I have found it impossible to get natural suet, it is thrown out of the slaughter houses as a waste product now and is manufactured instead.

Jordylass,some butchers sell real suet.My Q Guild butcher sells big bags of it around Christmas time.Keep looking.Last time I bought suet from Tesco I bought their own brand,I always check labels for HVOs so I'd be surprised if I missed it on the packet,but I might be wrong.

pollys

I havent bought margarine for a long time. On bread we have butter thinly spread. For baking I use Pure organic dairy free spread as my son is milk intolerant.

I also agree that supermarkets should be pressurised to eliminate trans fats.

wonka

I think the only way supermarkets will stop selling them is for all consumers to keep pressurising them. In addition to boycotting goods with HVOs, we could email them to complain, and send letters to the press.