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ABOUT FATS
We try to avoid any processed fats entirely, as they are very reactive in the body. Starting January, 2006, the US government will require all food processors to label the amount of "trans fats" in their products. Transformed fats are fats that have had hydrogen attached to the fat molecules; currently, these fats are labelled as "hydrogenated" or "partially-hydrogenated." They are worse for the health than eating lard, beef fat, butter, and the like. Trans fats have been proven to be extremely bad for the health. Years ago, when this discovery was first made, all margarine was removed from supermarket shelves. But public demand, and ignorance, brought it back. Margarine is our main source of "trans fats," and the government does not expect people to give it up entirely. They only say, "try to avoid" it.
But that's not the only fat we avoid. There is a thing called "yellow grease" that can include any number of icky, sicko compounds, from used restaurant grease to the sludge left over from processing animal carcasses. Prowl around in the alley behind a restaurant sometime, and you will usually find a 50-gallon drum full of used grease. It will also be full of whatever else happens to get put in there, from trash to ash-tray dumpings to dog poop to anything else that might come down the pike. It costs the restaurant owner a fee to have it emptied out, so they don't mind if someone comes along and helps themselves, which happens more than you would imagine. Who is it who takes this grease? Does it end up back in the food chain? Do bears live in the woods?
This is one very good reason to avoid cheap commercial foods of all kinds. By buying cheap prepared foods, one puts pressure on the food industry as a whole to do the cheapest things possible, such as including yellow grease in baked goods and other products. We owe it to our families to prepare their foods from living, fresh food sources, using onlyhigh quality oils such as 100% extra-virgin olive oil or unprocessed sesame oil, or 100% grass-fed butter such as the Irish KerryGold (at Trader Joe's).
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Calorie Chart
It's important to know how many calories you're getting from fats and grains
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