Are Your Food Choices Clogging Your Arteries?

I often think about the quality of gasoline that weproduced by heating liquid vegetable oils. This
put in our automobiles. We always make sure themethod of partial hydrogenation changes the
exact gasoline matches properly with our vehicle.unsaturated to saturated ones. Did you consume
After all, what would happen if you put leaded gasany trans fats today? They are on your food
in an unleaded vehicle? Well, your vehicle wouldlabel under "nutrition Facts." Maybe you just drove
have some clog problems. You probably did notthrough a fast-food drive-thru and filled up with a
even have to ask your local gas station attendantfuel you have no idea what it contains. It tasted
for the answer. If you do not keep, your vehiclegood while you ate in your vehicle. You may get
well maintained it could fall apart. Recently, Ia little heartburn later, but there is a pill for that
noticed an SUV coated with so much dirt I reallytoo! In addition, you have been filling up on this
do not know how the driver could even see outkind of "food fuel" for years. You argue that it is
the windows. I wonder when the last time thisnot only fast but it saves you so much time. I
vehicle had a good shower! The outside of thisknow you think your 'low energy' is from getting
vehicle looked so neglected; I pondered theolder. After all, everyone tells you that. Besides,
thought that the engine could possibly have someyou state that you do get a lot of variety of
challenges as well. Have you ever seen thosefoods since you go to more than one fast-food
vehicles that are barely running? I am just prayingdrive thru. Could there be trans fats in this "food
they make it across the busy intersection. Thisfuel?" Have you had a talk with your arteries?
holiday weekend I noticed there were a fewThey cannot speak since sticky, gooey fat has
vehicles that did not have enough fuel to make itclogged them. Would you be able to speak if hard
to the next freeway exit. In other words, thesefat was choking you? I think it is time people
vehicles were on empty. No fuel means youwake up and realize filling up on the wrong "food
might as well forget about your travel plans. Wasfuel" is going to cause an explosion of their
the driver just not paying any attention to thearteries. This explosion is either a heart attack or
fuel gauge or was it broken? There is a red linestroke. You cannot just return your body back to
on the gauge which is a "warning" to the driverthe manufacturer and request a new one. Take
they are almost on empty. Well, at least you cancare of the one you have by filling up on healthy
replace your vehicle if it falls apart or the engine"food fuel!"
explodes. Lately in the news there has been a lotJulie Wanner Rossetti is the author of Diabetes
of talk about "fighting obesity" because of all ofCan Be Sweet ...
the trans-fatty acids. A trans-fatty acid is solid fat