Trans-Fat

What is it? Why is it so Dangerous? By Dr. Bob Marshall Trans fatty acids are also known as trans fat or hydrogenated oil. Trans fat is an artery-clogging fat that is formed when vegetable oils are artificially hardened into solid fat. This form of fat does not occur...

Trans Fatty Acid Fact Sheet

(Including Hydrogenated and Partially Hydrogenated Fats) What are Trans Fatty Acids? Trans fatty acids are abnormal fats, often called “plastic fat,” produced mainly from partial hydrogenation of vegetable oils. These fats do not occur in nature. They were introduced...

Teflon Non-Stick Pans: Potential Adverse Health Effects

Nature, July 19, 2001;412:321-324 Research: David A. Ellis, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto; Jonathan W. Martin, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph; Derek C.G. Muir, National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada,...

Synthroid: Many Problems

“The history of potency failures…indicates that Synthroid has not been reliably potent and stable.” — United States Food and Drug Administration Letter to Synthroid Manufacturer, Knoll Pharmaceuticals, April 26, 2001 “Although you claim that...

Seven Dangers of Common Beef and Better Alternatives

Beef has been a mainstay in the traditional American diet—however, this is beginning to changing now that mad cow disease as well as many other contaminants have been identified in commercial American beef. Many people are waking up, realizing that eating commercial...

Raw Food: One of Your Keys to Outstanding Health

A kitchen is nothing else than a chemical laboratory producing millions of completely new chemical substances that basically never existed in the wild and if, then very occasionally by accident. Cooking will randomly produce millions of different sugar and protein...