{"id":2667,"date":"2008-11-10T12:27:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T12:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/faking-it.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T10:28:01","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:28:01","slug":"faking-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2667","title":{"rendered":"Faking it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/SRgtGOSft_I\/AAAAAAAABBM\/UuBPeTsZAY8\/s1600-h\/DowPlastics.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=621306354  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267009349147932658\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 291px\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/SRgtGOSft_I\/AAAAAAAABBM\/UuBPeTsZAY8\/s320\/DowPlastics.jpg?w=735\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The Dow Chemical company wants to sell you a new fat blocker as a way to allow you to eat unhealthy foods.<\/p>\n<p><em>Forget that <\/em>the last fat blocker on the market was Olestra, which had to have a warning label attached to it because of the nasty greasy stool leaking it caused.<\/p>\n<p><em>Forget that <\/em>your body needs healthy fats to be healthy.<\/p>\n<p><em>Forget that <\/em>the absorption of vitamins such as the carotenoids you get from pumpkin, carrot, and squash &#8212; which help reduce the incidence to breast cancer &#8212; is assisted by those healthy fats. <span><\/p>\n<p><\/span>According to this report, the product &#8220;Satisfit&#8221; has undergone internal trials at Dow Chemical (still unpublished) focusing on hamsters fed a diet of hamburgers, fries and pound cake. The researchers claim that the animals gained 7% less weight than those on a control diet.<span><br \/> <\/span><br \/><span><\/span><em>If we ate real food<\/em>, and did so in control, Dow Chemical would have to focus on making chemicals to strip wax from your floor, rather than applying those chemicals as a workaround for bad eating habits. <span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><em>If we ate real food<\/em>, and did so in control, those healthy fats would not be a liability for your weight or your health in the first place.<span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><strong>Thus <\/strong>&#8230; i<em>f we ate real food<\/em>, and did so in control, we could head off our weight and health problems before they happen, rather than applying designer drugs created to &#8220;trick&#8221; your body into not absorbing the fats, and trick your mind into thinking its okay to eat unhealthy food.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe that should be our focus.<br \/><span><\/span><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnavigator-usa.com\/Publications\/Food-Beverage-Nutrition\/BakeryAndSnacks\/Formulation\/Dow-launches-ingredient-for-reduced-fat-absorption\/?c=d%2BEjT%2BDm97Dn4uUY0WRLzg%3D%3D\">Read the entire article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dow Chemical company wants to sell you a new fat blocker as a way to allow you to eat unhealthy foods. 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