by Karen M.
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March 7, 2007

Transfat Free does NOT mean Healthy...

July 04, 2007 09:21 PM EDT
views: 30 | comments: 23
What a monster the media has created out of the transfat free craze. Now, we have people, children and adults that think because a fast food place advertises that they no longer use Transfats, they are now healthy. It all revolves around the media hype. I was talking with my mom and my nephew the other day about eating out and they both felt we should eat at KFC because they don't use transfats anymore and are healthy compared to McDonalds. In mom's defense, she knew they weren't healthy, but figured they were a better choice. My nephew on the other hand was ready to argue to his death that they are now almost a health food. Oh my, can we please stop the madness around misinformation and nutrition before every kid in America is OBESE ?
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Comments: 23

Corina Carrasco Jul 4, 2007, 9:26pm EDT
I agree. The media grabs the buzz word of the day and runs with it and many just absorb the very least about that topic. This creates ill informed people that pass on bad information!
donna h. Jul 4, 2007, 9:29pm EDT
good info, thanks..ps I agree
Zoe H. Jul 4, 2007, 9:37pm EDT
some processed food may not have transfat, but they contain lots saturated fats. This along would make it unheatlhy.
*LORA* M. Jul 4, 2007, 9:43pm EDT
thanks much for telling us
Jennifer N. Jul 4, 2007, 9:47pm EDT
Oyvey. KFC is still incredibly high calorie and fattening. Sure, they don't use the worst type of fat now, but they are still up there for the unhealthy foods.
Tom M. Jul 4, 2007, 10:18pm EDT
Sometimes, the world is a strange...strange place. It is sad that our children are growing up thinking these things. Fortunately, some of us will work at setting them straight.
Karen M. Jul 4, 2007, 10:22pm EDT
My public apologies for posting this in the wrong group.
Chris H. Jul 4, 2007, 10:38pm EDT
True.
If you must eat fast food, get a small burger or
chicken sandwich thats not fried.
If you feel you must buy your kids meals at these places,
at the very least get them the kids meal & switch the fries to fruit, and
no soda.
Val G. Jul 4, 2007, 11:14pm EDT
Good point! We ran through a drive through yesterday and one fast food place now
serves a half pound burger with chees and six slices of bacon. Whew! So much for healthy eating!
Nyota *Star* Jul 4, 2007, 11:48pm EDT
I agree!
Leslie ~ from NYC ~ R. Jul 5, 2007, 6:53am EDT
It's a step. But remember when all the fat free cookies came on the market - they were loaded with extra suger to offset the difference in taste.
arlene (no shame in my game) w. Jul 5, 2007, 10:48am EDT
Fat is still fat. Sugar is still sugar.
Anything fast food is unhealthy...even that "grilled" chicken salad a person gets at McDonalds or anywhere.
Liz E. Jul 5, 2007, 1:52pm EDT
Jeff- I agree with you veggies are the key to a healthy body. Every time I take my kids to the pediatrician that's all she recommends and both my kids are slightly over weight. But, just the same we have stopped doing Mcd's and if we really have to eat fast it is Subway with the juice and the apples. But, yes we do have to thank the media for all the misinformation. Of coarse that's how the fast food giants like it.
Steve H. Jul 5, 2007, 5:44pm EDT
I have a general rule. If a restaurant promises me good tasting food in under 3 minutes, I should assume it's something I shouldn't be eating on a regular basis. Unfortunately, that sort of common sense doesn't seem to be carried by others.
Linda R. Jul 5, 2007, 7:59pm EDT
why must one eat fast food?
i was on the road 4 days a week for 15 years
and refused to eat fast food

i would have weighed 300 pounds....
Genine Hopkins Jul 5, 2007, 9:34pm EDT
The issue is not just transfats, but calories. Any oil contains an enormous amount of calories in each TEASPOON! The big breakfast I make every Sunday for the kids is within a reasonable caloric range unless I put a little oil in the skillet for the hash browns or butter the toast. These two things put on up to an extra 800 calories per serving. I now am armed with Pam. The hashbrowns don't get as crispy and burn easier, but it's worth it!
Cyndi _. Jul 7, 2007, 12:15am EDT
This is so true Karen! It is amazing how things can be twisted so it can be marketed favorably to the public. The statement 'No Trans Fat' has been misleading a lot of people.

Good article!
Karolyn Q. Jul 9, 2007, 5:10am EDT
Good article. Something alot of people need to realize.
Victoria M. Jul 12, 2007, 11:38am EDT
I don't know if anyone else remembers, but KFC are the same franchise that VERY briefly launched the ad campaign that fried chicken was now "eating heathly" under the Atkins diet.
Those ads were on one day and then disappeared the next- someone apparently decided that even under the idea that chicken was healthy so fried chicken must be heathly, KFC was not "eating healthy"!

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