Unnatural Fats & Oils Damage the Entire Body

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Unnatural Oils & Fats Act Just Like Plastic in Your Body

You cannot afford to jeopardize your health by consuming unnatural oils and fats, such as man-made hydrogenated fats (trans-fats) and polyunsaturated fats and oils from vegetables oils (except extra virgin olive oil). These fats and oils are damaging to your entire body because they affect the structure of every single cell.

Not only are these fats toxic, increasing the body's need for vitamin E and other antioxidants (substances that guard the body against harmful effects), but they also severely depress the immune system.

The fact is these unnatural fats are only one molecule away from being plastic, and they act just like plastic in your body. You wouldn't melt down Tupperware and eat it, so you do not want to consume any unnatural plastic fats and oils.

The hydrogenation process used by the oils and fats industry produces trans-fats, which are more damaging than any other oils and fats because it employs: 1) high heat, 2) a metal catalyst such as nickel, zinc, copper, or other reactive metals, and 3) hydrogen gas.

This is a volatile combination designed to extract and process oils, but it results in an extremely toxic product that the body reacts to it like it does to other toxins and poisons.

Also these fats and oils go rancid (become decomposed) very easily, even when refrigerated, and often they are rancid when purchased at the store.

What Oils & Fats Are Unnatural?

Vegetable fats and oils to eliminate from your diet are derived from plants such as canola (from rape seed), soy, safflower, sunflower, soybean, and corn. This includes products that contain these fats, such as margarine, salad dressing, mayonnaise, cooking and baking oils and fats, and many processed and prepared foods that contain these fats and oils. This includes everything from soup to nuts! Literally!

Some products that contain these plastic oils and fats are: breads, pastries, cake, cookies, muffins, buns, French fries, potato chips, snack foods, soups, canned meats, processed meats, cream substitutes and flavorings, ice cream, nuts, and so on and so on.

The only way to eliminate them is to not to consume any processed foods, and to make your own homemade condiments, soups, broths, etc. (see our Recipes Section) and by purchasing unprocessed "real" foods. To learn more about the kind of damage these fats and oils cause see Know Your Fats.

Plants from which vegetable fats and oils are produced have evolved a variety of toxins designed by nature to protect them from "predators," such as grazing animals, and their seeds contain a variety of toxins. The seed oils themselves block digestive enzymes that break down protein in the stomach.

These digestive enzymes are necessary for proper digestion, production of thyroid hormones, clot removal, immunity and general adaptability of cells. Therefore using such plants to produce oils and fats is unnatural, and they are very damaging to the body.

In The Skinny on Fats Sally Fallon and Mary Enig note: "One reason the polyunsaturates [fats and oils] cause so many health problems is that they tend to become oxidized or rancid when subjected to heat, oxygen and moisture as in cooking and processing.

They have been characterized as "marauders" [roaming about and damaging an area] in the body for they attack cell membranes and red blood cells and cause damage in DNA/RNA strands, [the material inside the nucleus of cells that carries genetic information] thus triggering mutations in tissue, blood vessels and skin.

Free radical [unstable molecular fragments that can damage cells] damage to the skin causes wrinkles and premature aging; free radical damage to the tissues and organs sets the stage for tumors; free radical damage in the blood vessels initiates the buildup of plaque.

Is it any wonder that tests and studies have repeatedly shown a high correlation between cancer and heart disease with the consumption of polyunsaturates?

New evidence links exposure to free radicals with premature aging, with autoimmune diseases such as arthritis and with Parkinson's disease, Lou Gehrig's disease, Alzheimer's and cataracts."

"Good Natural Fats" Do Not Make You Fat!

Contrary to popular belief good fats and oils from animals, fish and eggs do not create body fat! Carbohydrates and man-made vegetable oils and fats (except olive oil) create body fat! The body also creates fat as a protective mechanism in order to store toxins away from vital inner organs. In "Taking The Fear Out of Eating Fat" Lori Lipinski writes:

"Despite the fact that tasteless, fat-free foods are being shoved down the throats of the American public, our country keeps getting fatter and fatter. Yet the TV keeps trying to convince us that fat-free foods make us thin and healthy.

So in the futile attempt to do the "right" thing, most people are cutting all the fat out of their diet and wondering why they aren't losing weight." There are a few reasons for this:

  1. Low Fat Diets Make You Hungry.
  2. Low-Fat = High-Carb (if you do not consume enough good fats and oils you will be hungry, filling the void with high-carbs.)
  3. Low-Fat = Low-Protein

The Body's Cells Are Not Constructed as Nature Intended

Unfortunately the body will incorporate these unnatural man-made fats and oils into every cell, which changes the structure of cell membranes. When these plastic fats and oils are incorporated into the cells it makes them flabby, meaning they are "out of condition" and "not strong".

Weak flabby cell membranes allow toxins to enter them, which further damages health, as in the case of lung cancer from cigarette smoke.

Most of the body's cells need to be constructed with 50% saturated fats, except the lungs, which require 100% saturated fat. In Saturated Fats and the Lungs Mary G. Enig points out: "When people consume a lot of partially hydrogenated fats and oils, the trans fatty acids are put into the phospholipids [fats] where the body normally wants to have saturated fatty acids and the lungs may not work effectively."

When our body's cells are constructed as nature intended they do not allow harmful toxins to enter, they are better able to utilize nutrients and oxygen, and they are able to get rid of their waste. For this reason all unnatural fats and oils should not be consumed by anyone!