trans fat fallacy
I love how totally unhealthy food now is advertised as containing "NO TRANS FATS."I mean, I could easily make you a trans-fat-free bowl of white sugar, with maple syrup. And butter. On a bed of cotton candy.
I've seen a number of delis advertising "We care about your health! We fry in trans-fat-free oils."
FYI, "pure chicken fat" is a trans-fat-free oil. Trans fat is basically synthetic liquid plastic. It keeps the brownies in your Brownie Fudge Chunk ice cream soft at freezing temperatures, which, if you think about it, is Not Normal. Other fats are still bad for you. Just not as bad as consuming synthetic liquid plastic.
(Incidentally, I don't mean for this post to sound self-righteous. I just ate a dark chocolate bar with whole hazelnuts. I totally ate three serving sizes. Women just ... do that sometimes).
Labels: advertising, fitness
posted by JenIsFamous at 7/03/2007 11:23:00 PM
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In the midst of the low-carb diet fad, I was frequently amused to see roast beef and other deli meats advertised as "Zero Carb!" Err... yes.
I was watching the news one evening and someone was on there discussing what "zero trans fat" really means. In order to say that on the package it really only has to be less than .3 or .5 grams or something like that. And considering you are only supposed to eat like 2.5 or 3 grams of the stuff in a day you could easily eat more than your daily allowance while still only consuming things that say "zero trans fat" right n the fucking package. Their fancy rounding techniques are very misleading.
I have this special way of consuming items laden with trans-fats, followed by the unique ability of sifting then spitting them out with aural masticative action...unfortunately this little skill does not work with excising excessive caloric intake as I am what experts in the field would describe as "a wee plump", but I feel that this "condition" has not deleteriously affected what I call my "cuteness factor"....ladies...ladies???
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