Written by Mark Force, D.C.
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Applied Health JournalTopics of Health and Natural Healing
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Issue 10
ISSN: 1525-6359 |
HOWS AND WHYS OF HYDROGENATED OILS -THE EFFECTS OF USING HYDROGENATED FATS:
"Fake" fats block the way that your body uses natural fats and oils. Normally your body makes prostaglandins from the essential fatty acids that occur in natural fats and oils. So when you eat a diet that has "fake" instead of natural fats and oils, you end up being essential fatty acid deficient. The symptoms of this deficiency are great and many, and you can't get rid of this deficiency by taking a multiple vitamin. Many of these short acting hormones control inflammation in your body and the ones that do are blocked by hydrogenated oils. These "fake" fats keep your body from producing the anti-inflammatory prostaglandins. These prostaglandins also prevent abnormal blood clotting and decrease your risk for having a heart attack or a stroke.
The prostaglandins that are not anti-inflammatory (in fact, they are pro-inflammatory) are not blocked by "fake" fats. You need these prostaglandins because they help control your immune response among other useful functions. However, if you have too many of these pro-inflammatory prostaglandins in relation to the ones that are anti-inflammatory, the result is pain, inflammation, and abnormal blood clotting. What blocks these pro-inflammatory prostaglandins are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like aspirin, ibuprofen, and a slew of others. A multi-billion dollar industry created because our diet of "fake" fats causes us pain and other health problems.
Here is a more complete list of the health problems that can be caused by essential fatty acid deficiency: feeling cold, migraine, abnormal nerve sensations (parasthesia), muscle cramping, abrupt changes in visual acuity, cracking of the ears upon swallowing, ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome, colitis, depression, anxiety, manic depression, schizophrenia, mental retardation, epilepsy, narcolepsy, dry or scaly skin, dandruff, psoriasis, depigmentation, age spots, dry hair, hair loss, immune disorders, acne, arthritis, bursitis, tinnitis, allergies, cracking of the skin on your heels, PMS, menstrual irregularities, high cholesterol, chronic fatigue, hemorrhoids, constipation, thyroid imbalances, and infertility.
The solution: eat butter instead of margarine, use more natural fats and oils like extra virgin olive oil, cold pressed corn oil, almond oil, and others (they're not what cause high cholesterol or obesity; more on that in another newsletter), avoid hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils, eat more unrefined (unpackaged) foods, consider using flax oil as a supplement to your diet (with menstrual or skin problems use black currant oil instead).
I hope this is useful to you and that you have a great month.
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