Friday, February 5, 2010

I looked at a package of Orville Redenbacher's Smart Pop! 94% Fat Free Butter Popcorn. There are four chemicals and six natural ingredients. Consumers are concerned with trans fat levels in their foods because trans fat intake has been connected to heart disease, diabetes, cancer, low birth weight, obesity, and immune dysfunction. Food companies should be required to label trans fat levels simply because consumers have the right to know exactly what they are eating. However further study is needed to differentiate between saturate fat and trans fatty acid. The website I found this information on (http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/psychology/health_psychology/Transfat.htm#How%20may%20the%20consumption%20of%20trans%20fat%20effect%20my) also states that trans fat in moderation is not thought to cause problems. It is reasoned at this time that excessive intake of trans fat will disrupt health. The popcorn I looked does not contain any trans fat! I am not that concerned with eating healthy. I mean that in a way that I do not constantly think about it and drastically change my eating habits. I eat what I want to when I'm hungry. However I don't think I have bad eating habits considering. I rarely eat out, and would rather have a piece of fruit for a snack than a handful of chips. I'm not saying I don't eat candy, chips, ice cream, and everything else "bad" because I certainly do, but I don't eat them in excess. I also have a very rigorous work out schedule being a dancer and busy lifestyle in general so I am okay at this point in my life eating what I eat. If I ever change my lifestyle and work out I will have to change my eating habits but I don't plan on doing so until then!

1 comment:

  1. I like what you wrote about the trans fat. It's really interesting people don't really know what they are consuming. Also I agree with you on the eating habits. If someone is a consistant runner and eats a lot of "bad" food they burn it off a lot faster than someone that isn't active.

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