I watched it some last season, but only caught the finale of this season that aired last night. Unbelievable! At least a couple people on the show lost over 50% of their original weight.
The winner, Erik, went from over 400 pounds to under 195. Look at these before and after photos:
www.nbc.com/.../erik_before1.jpgwww.nbc.com/.../erik_finale10.jpg
Hard to even believe this is the same guy!
Got this off a healt web site - health castle. So we're not out of the woods with the banning of Trans Fats
"Saturated Fat - Palm Oil is the source
Many packaged cookies now boast that they contain 0 g of trans fat. However this comes with a sacrifice. In order to minimize or eliminate the use of trans-fat laden partially hydrogenated oil, some food manufacturers replace it with saturated-fat laden palm oil and palm kernel oil.
Numerous health authorities have warned against the use of palm oil in packaged foods. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute warned that "a high content of saturated fat... found in ..... palm kernel oil, palm oil, coconut oil and cocoa butter" put people at risk for having heart attack or stroke. Indeed, the World Health Organization had also warned that there is "convincing evidence" that palmitic acid increases the risk of heart disease.
Alternatives to Palm Oil?
Oils with lower levels of saturated fat and higher levels of polyunsaturated fat are healthier alternatives. The Centre for Science in the Public Interest suggested manufacturers to use non-hydrogenated soy, canola, corn and peanut oils as well as more stable oils such as high-oleic sunflower or canola oil or low-linolenic soybean oil.
What Packaged Foods contain Palm Oil?
Palm oil is mostly found in following food categories:
cookies
crackers
graham cracker pie crust
microwave popcorn"
Got this off a healt web site - health castle. So we're not out of the woods with the banning of Trans Fats
"Saturated Fat - Palm Oil is the source
Many packaged cookies now boast that they contain 0 g of trans fat. However this comes with a sacrifice. In order to minimize or eliminate the use of trans-fat laden partially hydrogenated oil, some food manufacturers replace it with saturated-fat laden palm oil and palm kernel oil.
Numerous health authorities have warned against the use of palm oil in packaged foods. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute warned that "a high content of saturated fat... found in ..... palm kernel oil, palm oil, coconut oil and cocoa butter" put people at risk for having heart attack or stroke. Indeed, the World Health Organization had also warned that there is "convincing evidence" that palmitic acid increases the risk of heart disease.
Alternatives to Palm Oil?
Oils with lower levels of saturated fat and higher levels of polyunsaturated fat are healthier alternatives. The Centre for Science in the Public Interest suggested manufacturers to use non-hydrogenated soy, canola, corn and peanut oils as well as more stable oils such as high-oleic sunflower or canola oil or low-linolenic soybean oil.
What Packaged Foods contain Palm Oil?
Palm oil is mostly found in following food categories:
cookies
crackers
graham cracker pie crust
microwave popcorn"