Mon, May-17-04, 22:42
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 320/220/195
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Progress: 80%
Location: Pensacola, FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Angeline
I wouldn't be so quick to endorse frying. It's not just the breading. They is suspicion that high temperature cooking, such as frying, created cancer cause agents in your food. Furthermore, it's a pretty sure bet that anything fried in a restaurant, especially a fast-food one, will be fried in hydrogenated fat, which is a PROVEn health hazard.
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Exactly, most restraunts fry in Hydrogenated Oils, which are VERY bad for you. They raise LDL [The Most Damaging Subtype in Fact,] Triglycerides, and your risk of Diabetes, lower HDL, and take the place of EFAs (Linoleic and Linolenic Acids) in your body, causing even more problems. I was reading one of my mom's old magazines from CSPI [the anti-fat/anti-saturated fat/anti-anything that tastes good food police] and they were comparing food from various restraunts. They of course consider Trans and Saturated fats to both be bad, but the information was somewhat usefull.
Many of the fried foods were EXTREMELLY HIGH in Trans-Fat. I think Red Lobster's Admiral's Feast [Fried Seafood, 2 Cheddar Bay Biscuits, Fries, etc...] was the highest at something like 22 grams of Trans-Fat. Of course, they bitched even worse about the 40-something, 50-something, or maybe even more grams of Saturated Fat. They mentioned in one article that Outback Steakhouse fries in a Beef Tallow Blend. Of course, that really got them going because Saturated Animal Fats are the most evil foodstuff in the world in their minds. But, Beef Tallow Blend does not necessarily mean Trans-Fat Free. It might well be blended with Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils, and in fact, some folks have even begun Hydrogenating Saturated Fats [Coconut, Palm, and Palm Kernel Oils, Lard, and even Beef Tallow are sometimes Hydrogenated now.] They mentioned its high "Bad Fat"/"Artery Sludge" content, but didn't distinguish between Natural Saturated Fats and Unnatural Hydrogenated Fats...so, there's no way to know if the Outback Beef Tallow Blend contains Hydrogenated Oils or not. They also failed to differentiate between Natural and Perfectly Safe (Conjugated Linoleic Acid or CLA, the kind which naturally occurs in small amounts in Animal Fats) Trans-Fat and Unnatural/Unsafe (Hydrogenated Oils, the kind used for Deep Frying and Baking nowadays) Trans-Fats.
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