Posts Tagged ‘cardiovascular risk’
• Trans Fats And Local Businesses
Posted in Video Clips, tagged cardiovascular risk, chronic diseases, chronic health problems, health risk hydrogenated oil, heart disease, hydrogenated oil, hydrogenation, trans fat, trans fatty acid on October 24, 2008| 1 Comment »
• California Bans Trans Fat
Posted in Video Clips, tagged cancer, cardiovascular risk, chronic diseases, chronic health problems, clogged arteries, diabetes, health risk hydrogenated oil, heart disease, hydrogenated oil, hydrogenation, infertility, liver dysfunction, obesity, prostate cancer, trans fat, trans fatty acid, type 2 diabetes on October 23, 2008| 4 Comments »
California has become the first state to ban artery-clogging trans fats from restaurants. Registered Dietician Keri Glassman shows Russ Mitchell how to avoid trans-fat at the grocery store.
Other Sources: MSNBC.com * The New York Times * The Huffington Post
• Healthbeat – Trans Fat in your Diet
Posted in Video Clips, tagged cancer, cardiovascular risk, chronic diseases, chronic health problems, clogged arteries, diabetes, health risk hydrogenated oil, heart disease, hydrogenated oil, hydrogenation, infertility, liver dysfunction, obesity, prostate cancer, trans fat, trans fatty acid, type 2 diabetes on October 23, 2008| Leave a Comment »
• Fox News -Trans-fat Free
Posted in Video Clips, tagged cancer, cardiovascular risk, chronic diseases, chronic health problems, clogged arteries, diabetes, health risk hydrogenated oil, heart disease, hydrogenated oil, hydrogenation, infertility, liver dysfunction, obesity, prostate cancer, trans fat, trans fatty acid, type 2 diabetes on October 23, 2008| Leave a Comment »
• Windber to Eliminate Trans Fats From Hospital Food
Posted in Video Clips, tagged cancer, cardiovascular risk, chronic diseases, chronic health problems, clogged arteries, diabetes, health risk hydrogenated oil, heart disease, hydrogenated oil, hydrogenation, infertility, liver dysfunction, obesity, prostate cancer, trans fat, trans fatty acid, type 2 diabetes on October 23, 2008| Leave a Comment »
• Choosing Food without Trans Fat
Posted in Video Clips, tagged cancer, cardiovascular risk, chronic diseases, chronic health problems, clogged arteries, diabetes, health risk hydrogenated oil, heart disease, hydrogenated oil, hydrogenation, infertility, liver dysfunction, obesity, prostate cancer, trans fat, trans fatty acid, type 2 diabetes on October 23, 2008| 1 Comment »
• How Trans Fats Became Our Enemy
Posted in Video Clips, tagged cancer, cardiovascular risk, chronic diseases, chronic health problems, clogged arteries, diabetes, health risk hydrogenated oil, heart disease, hydrogenated oil, hydrogenation, infertility, liver dysfunction, obesity, prostate cancer, trans fat, trans fatty acid, type 2 diabetes on October 23, 2008| Leave a Comment »
• Trans Fats are FINALLY Disappearing From Restaurants
Posted in Video Clips, tagged cancer, cardiovascular risk, chronic diseases, chronic health problems, clogged arteries, diabetes, health risk hydrogenated oil, heart disease, hydrogenated oil, hydrogenation, infertility, liver dysfunction, obesity, prostate cancer, trans fat, trans fatty acid, type 2 diabetes on October 23, 2008| 2 Comments »
• CNN-New York city first to ban trans fats
Posted in Video Clips, tagged cancer, cardiovascular risk, chronic diseases, chronic health problems, clogged arteries, diabetes, health risk hydrogenated oil, heart disease, hydrogenated oil, hydrogenation, infertility, liver dysfunction, obesity, prostate cancer, trans fat, trans fatty acid, type 2 diabetes on October 23, 2008| 1 Comment »
From curbside snack carts to four-star restaurants, New York City chefs have until next summer to rid their kitchens of trans fat. It’s a bold move, but a necessary one, according to city health officials.
“When you look at the evidence, there’s no question artificial trans fat increases the risk for coronary heart disease,” says Sonia Angell, M.D., director of cardiovascular disease prevention and control at New York City’s Department of Health.
“The most conservative estimates show that the replacement of these fats with heart-healthy alternatives can decrease coronary artery disease risk by 6 percent, and it is likely even higher.”
In fact, a recent Harvard University study showed that women with low blood levels of trans fat are three times less likely to develop heart disease…read more
• Trans Fat Consumption linked to other Health Problems
Posted in Wikipedia, tagged breast cancer, cancer, cardiovascular risk, chronic health problems, diabetes, infertility, liver dysfunction, obesity, prostate cancer, trans fat, trans fatty acid, type 2 diabetes on October 22, 2008| 4 Comments »
There are suggestions that the negative consequences of trans fat consumption go beyond the cardiovascular risk. In general, there is much less scientific consensus that eating trans fat specifically increases the risk of other chronic health problems:
- Alzheimer’s Disease: A study published in Archives of Neurology in February 2003 suggested that the intake of both trans fats and saturated fats promote the development of Alzheimer disease.[43]
- Cancer: There is no scientific consensus that consumption of trans fats significantly increases cancer risks across the board.[36] The American Cancer Society states that a relationship between trans fats and cancer “has not been determined.”[44] However, one recent study has found connections between trans fat and prostate cancer.[45] An increased intake of trans-fatty acids may raise the risk of breast cancer by 75 per cent, suggest the results from the French part of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.[46][47]
- Diabetes: There is a growing concern that the risk of type 2 diabetes increases with trans fat consumption.[36] However, consensus has not been reached.[4] For example, one study found that risk is higher for those in the highest quartile of trans fat consumption.[48] Another study has found no diabetes risk once other factors such as total fat intake and BMI were accounted for.[49]
- Obesity: Research indicates that trans fat may increase weight gain and abdominal fat, despite a similar caloric intake.[50] A 6-year experiment revealed that monkeys fed a trans-fat diet gained 7.2% of their body weight, as compared to 1.8% for monkeys on a mono-unsaturated fat diet.[51] Although obesity is frequently linked to trans fat in the popular media,[52] this is generally in the context of eating too many calories; there is no scientific consensus connecting trans fat and obesity.
- Liver Dysfunction: Trans fats are metabolized differently by the liver than other fats and interfere with delta 6 desaturase. Delta 6 desaturase is an enzyme involved in converting essential fatty acids to arachidonic acid and prostaglandins, both of which are important to the functioning of cells.[53]
- Infertility: One 2007 study found, “Each 2% increase in the intake of energy from trans unsaturated fats, as opposed to that from carbohydrates, was associated with a 73% greater risk of ovulatory infertility…”.[54]
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