nasty!
A few weeks ago, I got real stubborn and stamped my feel like a child because I did not want to go to a restaurant that I know serves conventional food and [more than likely] uses hydrogenated oils as the base for their fry grease. So we had that great reunion of friends and I began explaining what hydrogenated oils were, only to realize two things: 1. I did not know exactly what they were, nor how to explain them coherently, and 2. My audience knows me well enough to know when I am bullshitting an answer.
Unfortunately, it was both cases.
It was a New Years resolution of mine to avoid “trans-fats” as much as possible and have been very good about doing so. Along with this, my fiancée and I have stopped shopping at conventional grocery stores, where it is impossible to have a pleasant experience, especially while having to read all the ingredients on the back of over-processed food just to see whether or not they were living up to my new standards. Fortunately, we have a wonderful Co-op right down the street that does significant research into every product they put on their shelves, weeding out the majority of the stuff one doesn’t want in processed and unprocessed food. (I say majority because they do still serve junk food, but it’s Kind Hippy Junk Food. We don’t buy that crap either.

“By our most conservative estimate, replacement of partially hydrogenated fat in the U.S. diet with natural unhydrogenated vegetable oils would prevent approximately 30,000 premature coronary deaths per year, and epidemiologic evidence suggests this number is closer to 100,000 premature deaths annually.”

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What this comes down to, is much more than just changing one’s diet to become healthier. What needs to happen in our society if we expect a change, is to dangle our dollars like carrots in front of a burro to guide companies into more responsible practices. Some people claim that companies control the consumers, but on the contrary I believe that if people consistently buy products and support services that are transparent and prove their dedication to health and the environment, global well-being and economic responsibility, companies will listen change. They have to, if they want to survive. For instance, look how many grocery stores now are carrying organic lines than were 5 years ago. Money is the honey and it speaks all languages. A consumer revolution might not be the end-all answer, but it could get us on a more worthy track.

So here is the answer to why this stuff is the devil.
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