usatoday.com — Trans fat, which is used in many fried and processed foods, may contribute more to weight gain than other types of fat, suggests a new study presented here Saturday at the annual meeting of the Obesity Society, an organization of weight-loss professionals.
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waynechngOct 24, 2006
I love the "No Carbs" labelling on pork rinds ...
odinsfuryOct 24, 2006
Volcomjerk, that isn't entirely true. It is a good for the body to work out, but it is possible to not work out and lose weight. If your energy intake is less than your energy expenditure you will lose weight. Just because you work out doesn't mean you should binge on trans fatty foods and burn it all off. These foods that are high in transfat should be avoided reguardless of whether you work out and if you do, you should be eating foods high in protein not high in crap.
zizzybaloobahOct 24, 2006
Fat has 9 calories per gram, regardless of whether it's olive oil, butter, lard, or partially-hydrogenated vegetable oil (aka transfat). The headline is misleading as it seems to imply that transfats are even more calorie-dense than than their saturated and unsaturated counterparts. The article notes an increased weight gain corresponding with a percentage increase in trans-fat consumption. What is the weight gain when other types of fat consumption increase? Would be nice to see those numbers for comparison. It also compares weight gained consuming trans-fat vs not consuming trans-fat. Does 'not consuming' mean fat-free or substituting other types of fats? There is no nutritional need or benefit derived from trans-fats, and obviously there are health risks associated with it -- just would have been nice to see a little more detail in the article, but this is USA Today, not JAMA, so the lack of detail and catchy headline is expected. Too bad that many readers will go away thinking that if they don't consume trans-fats, they won't gain weight. Probably the same people who buy the pork rinds because they're carb-free or eat gigantic carbo-loaded bagels because they're fat-free (or like my mom who fries my dad's Egg Beaters in a skillet full of bacon grease)
jon3kOct 24, 2006
@volcomjerk - You're an idiot. You have no idea what you're talking about. You'll just blindly throw away countless of peer reviewed medical tests that prove trans fats are f**king TERRIBLE for you? Maybe this whole cancer thing is just voodoo witch doctor bulls**t too, huh?Let me guess, you're somewhere between 18-26, right? Enjoy it now, because by the time you're 30, it'll catch up to you. You'll have a disdended stomach from all the trans fats, which like to settle around your abdomen. You'll have an absurd cholestoral level and be at a huge risk for heart disease (the number one killer in the good 'ol USA).
cyn0sureOct 24, 2006
Yup. I lost 30lbs sitting on my ass at a computer all day just by cutting my caloric intake.
zephcOct 24, 2006
a little info on how trans-fats are made:"Trans fats are soft fats that are made solid by a process called partial hydrogenization. The manufacturers take pure, fresh vegetable oils and refine them with chemical solvents to get them ready for hydrogenation. They use deodorizing agents and bleaches, beginning the destruction of any healthful properties in the original oil (in canola oil, the deodorizing process itself creates trans-fats). A metal catalyst like nickel is then added to the oil, followed by hydrogen gas under high pressure and heat. This changes the molecular configuration of the once healthy vegetable oil, creating a substance that is plastic and thick and can hold a shape."*Crisco is a good example*from <a class="user" href="http://www.atkins.com/research-library/nutrition-articles/trans-fats-the-truth-in-labeling">http://www.atkins.com/research-library/nutrition-articles/trans-fats-the-truth-in-labeling</a>
jon3kOct 24, 2006
@waynechngUm, do you know how pork rinds are made? They don't contain any carbs, just tons of fat. It's just deep fried pig skin.
jon3kOct 24, 2006
Exactly. Weight is dictated by total caloric intake versus the amount of calories your body burns, be it sedentary or actively. Just breathing you burn calories. Every person has a basal metabolic rate, that is the amount of calories they burn in a day while entirely sedentary. As long as you take in less calories than you burn, you lose weight. Take in more than you burn, you gain weight. It's pretty simple. And the fundamental lack of understanding of even the most basic principles of diet in this country explains it's obesiety problem.
fronkmanOct 25, 2006
@ zizzy:you are right, the nutrition labels are often wildly wrong on products. for example, the college i graduated from (which will remain un-named) used to post the nutrition facts for the food in the dining halls. quickly looking at them though, the kcal count of all of the food seemed extremely high. after calling them up, i found out that they did all of the research themselves. their approach was to burn food and measure the amount of heat produced. while this may sound about right it depends on #1: complete and total combustion of the food item (and no loss of heat before it is measured) and #2 that humans get energy from food by literally burning them inside our bodies. obviously we are not coal furnaces, and our body metabolizes food in a very different way and not nearly as completely as combustion. thus to a human the actual calorie content was far lower.we are reminded everyday that a certain portion of the food we ingest is not metabolized. it is commonly referred to as poop.
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