Aduh rumit jg ya, kalo tiap ke supermarket hrs baca&teliti satu2 inggridients produk2 makanan yg mo dibeli. Gimana dengan produk makanan/minyak/mentega yg asli buatan indonesia ya?? Pernah ndak sih Lembaga Konsumen Indonesia mengumumkan produk2 makanan yg mengandung zat-zat berbahaya ..??. Apalagi sekarang jamannya makanan serba instant dan junk food...
Salam Dhaniek On 5/4/05, Arlita Soedjito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bener gak ya ??? > > from http://www.menshealth.com/cda/article/0,2823,s1-6-135-0-690,00.html > > Mmmg rada panjang & males bacanya tapi penting & aktual, > Oreo baru aja ngumumin di amerika kalo mereka akan mengganti resep untuk > krimnya, karena mengandung trans fat yang ternyata berbahaya bagi diri > kita, dan ternyata banyak makanan yang mengandung ini terutama dari > persh. fried chicken dll, karena mereka menggunakan trans fat, dari pada > minyak sayur biasa, karena lebih murah & tidak merepotkan. > > Detail bisa dibaca ... (from men's health) > > The Hidden Killer > A poisonous fat is lurking in thousands of processed foods, and you > probably don't even know it's there > > By: Samantha Heller M.S., R.D. > > (Editor's Note: The makers of Oreos - Kraft - announced last week that > they'll be changing the recipe of that creamy center soon. Here's why!) > > Twist the top cookie to the right, the bottom to the left, and pull > apart. Now, before you scrape that sweet cream filling into your mouth > with your top teeth as you've done hundreds of times since you were 5, > take a good look at some very bad fat (continued below...) > > It's called trans fat, and chances are you've never heard of it because > until a few months ago, companies weren't required to list it on their > labels. Trans fat is simply vegetable oil infused with hydrogen. It's > used in thousands of common prepared foods, from frozen waffles to Oreo > cookies, french fries to bran muffins. Vegetable oil seems innocent > enough, until you learn that the hydrogenation process turns it into one > evil fat. It's a fat that's difficult to digest, so it increases the > amount of bad cholesterol in your blood and can dramatically boost your > risk of heart disease. If saturated animal fats are unhealthy, trans > fats are far worse. They can weaken your immune system. They can cause > diabetes. You're almost better off eating butter and bacon. > > Harvard scientists estimate that trans fats may contribute to more than > 30,000 premature deaths each year. So why did it take so long for the > FDA to change its regulations and force companies to reveal the amount > of trans fats in their products? In a word: fear. > > The food and edible-oil industries are worried that if we ever find out > exactly how many killer fats are actually in some foods, we'll stop > buying them?costing their companies millions, and possibly billions, of > dollars each year. > > TRANS FAT 101 > The trans fat story begins in the 1950s, when scientists first made the > link between saturated fat, cholesterol, and heart disease. After the > discovery, manufacturers scrambled to find a way to cut saturated fats. > Their immediate solution: a decades-old process called partial > hydrogenation. Vegetable oils are combined with hydrogen and heated to > extreme temperatures. As the molecules in the oil warm up, they bond > with the hydrogen, creating a new, manmade structure called a trans > fatty acid. The result is the transformation of liquid to > solid-vegetable oil into Crisco. > > Suddenly, hydrogenated oil was an out-of-the-box hit. Restaurants liked > it because they could fill their fry vats with the stuff and keep it hot > all day without smoking up their kitchens. Hydrogenated fats were also > cheaper than butter and had a longer shelf life--so burger shops could > not only use the same oil over and over in their fryers, but also buy > the stuff in bulk, leaving it on a shelf in the back without worrying > about spoilage. > > If hydrogenated oils were a home run for the fast-food industry, they > were a grand slam for the burgeoning junk-food industry. Trans fats made > potato chips and crackers crispier than ever and gave manufacturers a > way to add the great taste of fat to places it had never been > before--like Oreo cookie filling. > > While normal vegetable oils would have slowly leaked out of > mass-produced cookies and chips, leaving a greasy mess behind, trans > fats were different. Since trans fat molecules turn solid at room > temperature, manufacturers were now able to lock fat into their food, > giving it an injection of fat--and flavor--that couldn't be dabbed away. > > Combine this with the longer shelf life of foods made with hydrogenated > oil rather than butter, and it's no wonder trans fats are considered one > of the triggers that helped the junk-food market explode. Today, the FDA > estimates that most supermarkets carry more than 42,000 products > containing partially hydrogenated vegetable oil as one of their primary > ingredients. > > But all that fat has a price. > ANATOMY OF A KILLER > Since trans fats don't occur widely in nature, your body has a much > harder time processing them than it does other types of fat. So, while > you may stop thinking about your morning doughnut the second you shake > the crumbs off your tie, the trans fats in that doughnut linger on > inside your body. Their first target? Your heart. > > "Besides increasing the number of LDL [bad] cholesterol and triglyceride > particles in the bloodstream, trans fats also lower your HDL [good] > cholesterol," says Bruce Holub, Ph.D., a professor of nutrition at the > University of Guelph in Canada. "Trans fats also increase blood levels > of a compound called lipoprotein a. > > The more of this lipoprotein you have in your system, the greater your > risk of developing heart disease," he says. > > In an 80,000-person study, Harvard researchers found that getting just 3 > percent of your daily calories from trans fats increases your risk of > heart disease by up to 50 percent. To put that in perspective, 3 percent > of your day's calories totals about 7 grams (g) of trans fats--that's > roughly the amount in a single order of fries. Don't eat french fries? > You're still at risk. Even healthy Americans, researchers estimate, eat > between 3 and 10 g of trans fats a day. > > The damage doesn't stop with your heart, either. A diet high in trans > fatty acids is also a major risk factor for diabetes. And it's no bit > player: When Harvard researchers reviewed all the previously published > data on trans fats, they found that men and women with the highest daily > intakes of trans fats were also the most likely to develop diabetes. > > Combine these disturbing studies with reports that trans fats may > actually promote muscle loss and could even increase your risk of > cancer, and it's no wonder the Institute of Medicine recently took a > radical step, recommending that all Americans drastically reduce their > intake of foods made with hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils. A > consensus: Trans fats are so unhealthy that there is no safe upper limit > of consumption. > > Naturally, food manufacturers using trans fats in their products were > less than thrilled with the decision. > WHAT THE FOOD INDUSTRY DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW > The Center for Science in the Public Interest--a consumer-advocacy > group--first began petitioning the FDA to add trans fats to food labels > way back in 1993. After years of back-and-forth discussion between the > two groups, they nearly reached agreement in 1999. > > But as soon as the FDA announced its prospective change, groups like the > Grocery Manufacturers of America--the world's largest food-and-beverage > association--kicked into overdrive. Desperate to protect its members, > the group began submitting alternate proposals to the FDA, thereby > hampering efforts to pass the regulation > > After the Institute of Medicine's condemnation of trans fats earlier > this year, the FDA stepped up regulation efforts again. Before the ink > was even dry on a new proposal, manufacturers were up in arms again, > claiming that new regulations may frighten consumers. > > Finally, after months of debate, the FDA gave in, passing a regulation > in July of this year that forces companies to list trans fats as a > separate entry on food labels. But companies are free to phase in the > change, meaning you won't see trans fats listed on all ingredient labels > for many years. > > THE TRANS FAT YOU NEED > With all the evidence against trans fats, there's now data showing that > at least one distant member of the trans fat family may actually be good > for you. The compound in question?conjugated linoleic acid (CLA)?is a > naturally occurring fat found primarily in beef and dairy products like > milk, yogurt, and cheese. > > Consider it the white sheep of the black-hearted trans fat family. CLA > has no relation to partially hydrogenated oils, but the structure of the > molecules in CLA is similar enough to that of trans fats that scientists > place them both in the same category. > > Although research is in its earliest stages, a number of promising > studies suggest that CLA may help people lose weight, as well as help > fight off cancer, diabetes, and heart disease--the very diseases brought > about by the bad hydrogenated trans fats. > > "If we're not careful, it's possible that CLA could get lumped in with > all the other trans fats on food labels," says CLA expert Martha Belury, > Ph.D., R.D., a professor of nutrition at Ohio State University. "If this > happens, people who try to cut all the trans fats out of their diets > could end up avoiding some very important and beneficial foods," she > says. > > WHAT YOU CAN DO . . . > Until all companies start listing trans fats on their labels, here are > some things you can do on your own to keep these fats out of the foods > you eat > > . . At the grocery store > Check the ingredient list for the words "hydrogenated" or "partially > hydrogenated." The higher these ingredients are on the label, the more > trans fats the food likely contains--with some exceptions, of course. > Peanut butter, for example, can contain trace amounts of hydrogenated > oil. But there's not enough trans fat to have a negative effect. > > Decode the food label. Three Oreo cookies contain 7 g of fat. Of that > fat, 1.5 g is saturated, 0.5 g is polyunsaturated, and 3 g is > monounsaturated. Add these fats together, subtract 5 from 7, and you can > estimate that each serving contains 2 g of trans fats. > > Buy margarines that are free of trans fats, like Smart Balance Light. > (Some cholesterol-lowering spreads still contain trans fats, so be > careful.) Or opt for squeeze margarine, which has less trans fat than > the stick variety. > > Watch out for misleading labels. Products that are cholesterol-free, > low-cholesterol, free of saturated fat, or vegetarian can still contain > trans fats. But if a label says a food is fat-free, it's also trans > fat-free. > > Buy natural or organic brands. They're less processed and more likely to > be trans fat-free. > . . . At home > Use milk instead of nondairy creamer in your morning coffee. Two cups of > coffee could add more than a gram of trans fat to your diet. > > Spread jelly instead of margarine on toast. > Pick high-protein breakfasts like eggs or Canadian bacon instead of > waffles. If you want carbs, go for fat-free cereal. > > Make a wrap with a tortilla or stuff a pita with lunchmeat instead of > using bread. > Flavor vegetables with olive or sesame oil, or butter-flavored spray > instead of margarine. > Coat pans with nonstick spray instead of using margarine. > Snack on baked chips or chips fried in olive oil instead of vegetable > shortening. (Check the ingredient list to be sure.) > > Mix it up. Biscuits, cakes, and cookies made from a mix have fewer trans > fats than their refrigerated or store-bought counterparts. > > . . . At a restaurant > Ask what kind of oil the chef uses. You want to hear olive oil?not > shortening. > Order foods that are baked, broiled, or grilled?not fried. > > Skip the mayo when ordering a sandwich or burger. Pick mustard or > ketchup instead. > > Blot oil from fries as quickly as possible. Either spread the fries over > a napkin or dump them into the bag your order came in and shake it > around to absorb the excess grease. > > Avoid breads, which may be filled with trans fats. Pick a baked potato > instead of a biscuit, or soup or salad instead of a roll. > > For dessert, choose ice cream, frozen yogurt, or sorbet over cakes, > cookies, or pie. Or pick angel food or sponge cake. Both are usually > made with egg whites, flour, and sugar, and contain very little fat. > > '************************** > We're Building Value ! > '************************** > > This email is confidential and may be privileged. 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