The truth about trans fat | 60 Minutes Australia
Several countries around the world have set mandatory limits to how much trans fat is added in food, but in Australia, even simply indicating trans fat content is not required.
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Synopsis | The Hidden Killer (2010)
Think about what you've eaten today. If you've strayed too far from the dietary straight and narrow, there's a fair chance you've consumed something called Trans Fat. Trans Fat is every bit as nasty as it sounds. It's a toxic, man-made chemical used to increase the shelf life of food.
As far as fats go, it's the worst of the worst. It's been banned elsewhere in the world, but here in Australia it's in everything from fried food to biscuits, clogging our arteries and contributing to appalling level of heart disease. The question is - why is something so bad for us still on the menu?
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"Why is something so bad for us still on the menu?" Profit for the super-rich is the answer. That's always the answer, to every persistent evil in society. Profit for the super-rich.
Not only persistent evil, but human stupitidy as well. Knowing that some foods are just POISON, people still consume them.
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oh please shut up.
Yes, and they don't care. They just care about money and control.
Enlighten us then genuis @@TerminusEst1982
I worked for Unilever in the early 2000's which is when they removed trans fats from the margarine products. So this danger has been known for over 20 years. Unilever is a massive company and they took action at the very moment the danger of trans fats became apparent.
I am a 67 year old power lifter, I have been exercising since I was 15 years old and I still go to the gym 4 times a week. I never use steroids and I am completely healthy and muscular. I don't eat trans fat from fried food and I also don't eat sugar that ages the skin and is not good for your heart.
Good for you. But you know trans fat is in a lot of food. There is no way of knowing cos there are many ingredients in products. Trans fats are not only found in fried food ..
Butter is better than oil, but if you have to use oil use olive oil
Mack sure of the olive oil lots of fake ones on market and it should be in a dark glass bottle as light is bad for olive oil
Organic Coconut oil is even better!!
olive oil is healthier Deb.
@@UlasMT I'll give you olive oil, it's a fruit but, you have to find the real stuff now and that's virtually impossible these days. Too many are mixed, flavoured and coloured to look like olive oil. There just aren't enough trees to produce the amount of olive oil sold in this world.
@@toni4729 I can imagine that's an issue in the USA, we have more trustworthy suppliers here in Europe, but I personally import my olive oil for Türkiye or Morocco, straight from the manufacturer.
I live in Canada. In both Canada and the US there are many foods with trans fats. The labels indicate the amount of trans fats, but the majority of people have no idea about them. Many types of the commercially produced foods contain too much trans fats. Food companies use trans fats to lengthen shelf life of the food products. In my family we avoid foods containing trans fats. We buy fresh vegetables and non processed meats. We try to buy organic foods when possible. We do all our own food preparations. I found out the government will not outlaw trans fats because they support the food manufactures to have longer lasting shelf life of foods. Longer shelf life is more profitable for the food manufactures.
Artificially introduced trans fats are banned in Canada.
Health Canada has banned artificial trans fat, making it illegal for manufacturers to add partially hydrogenated oils to foods sold in Canada. This ban is being phased in and as of September 2020
@@JimmyGeorgeB Not only that, but the vast majority of products in Canada had already removed them voluntarily long before that.
i only use and consume : coconut oil, ghee. butter, beef fat (drip or beef tallow) pork fat (lard), duck fat, extra virgin olive oil, goat’s fat, and pure sesame oil (only for dressing)
The USA has allowed certain substances that are banned in Europe as serious health risks.
Such as Soy
Soy is widely available in the UK! i can't have it due to it triggering my acne. I mainly have oat milk which is lovely.@@CAL1MBO
We also have a lot of soy and soyboys here in the Netherlands..@@CAL1MBO
They’re usually banned in canada too, and many Asian countries. I have no knowledge about South America or Africa
@@M_SC Thanks for the update. I didn't even think to check with my cousins about that.
People cooked with Lard at Takeaways/Homes for Years...as soon as they started using ""machine lubricants"" to cook food, People's health started to decline...👀
My Grandmother always said that Lard was better than Crisco (vegetable oil) !!!
People used to have a. Average life expectancy of 55. Lard is better for some things but bad for others. it certainly tastes better. If you’re working on a farm or another physically demanding job you can get away with eating it but if you work in an office or something you can’t afford the density of calories
@@M_SC doughnuts and snack foods probably have the same density of calories, but they don't have the Satiety. And that's why some people don't stop at a half a packet of Oreos😂
Found out the hard way just how awful these machine made seed oils are for health, ended up with metabolic disorder consisting of high blood pressure, arrhythmia, angina on exertion and inflammatory bowel disorder. I cut all these oils out of my diet twelve months ago and dumped the big pharma pills. My health is gradually improving. The worst thing is it can take up to seven years to purge these PUFA fats from your body.
@@M_SCumm life expectancy was an average and we use to have a lot of infant mortality. And people smoked.
Totally agree a worldwide ban needs to be set
that won't stop it. Genius...
How on earth are they ever going to ban something worldwide, when you have wars and famine and illicite drugs running rampant.
@@TerminusEst1982 Get your brain checked donut Stop being ignorant and be the change 😊 a small change is better than nothing
I would ban all junk food and we would have a better health system. Educate doctors on diet rather than pills. is a good start
@@TerminusEst1982it literally would idiot
Cool Whip, Crisco, processed food that lists partially hydrogenated oil (of any kind) as an ingredient is one of the first ways to start avoiding it. They can still disguise it by changing the name or adding another ingredient to it so they don't have to call it hydrogenated. To say the least I avoid anything that says partially hydrogenated or hydrogenated at least that's a start.
Stopped eating seed oils a year ago. I lost tons of weight. And I am off all meds as well as I look ten years younger. Seed oils and sugar are both killers.
I agree 💯
Yep
Good on you. By the way, what oil do you use for cooking? Thanks.
What kind of oil you use now? Please comment! Thanks
this video is talking about hydronated oils which were banned by the FDA in 2018. Seed oils are perfectly safe
Let's face it, it's about profit margins not health. By extending shelf life they're reducing waste and that means not wasting products AND money.
100% this
I've been saying for years I wanna live on a farm grow & catch my own food after getting sick & buying food has become too stressful but we gotta eat.
Me too but it's too much effort
@Areola-Grande it is easy when you build a disciplined mind. Good luck on your journey.
People have forgotten that butter is made from pure cream, it's fabulous. It doesn't even come in plastic containers.
"I have never heard of it before." "It's horrifying that we're not told about it." For 35 years (since 1990), doctors, medical researchers & dietitians all were telling NOT to consume foods with trans fats. You are the only person who is responsible for your own health. Don't look to others to take car of your well-being.
In the US, keeping citizens healthy doesn't work for the politicians who have stock in healthcare companies... and trans fat is old news. Anything hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated is a train wreck for the body.
Just stay away from processed food.
Absolutely.
Ultra-processed food. Canned chickpeas, frozen veggies, even pasteurized milk and butter are processed. Ultra-processed food is basically rearranged molecules of ingredients recombined into substances that don't exist in nature. People have been processing food for millennia (milling, baking, boiling, brewing, pickling, smoking), but UPFs are very recent.
The medical profession is a business and needs customers.
Exactly!! As always.. it's about the money...
Thank you for sharing the knowledge
When my girls were in elementary school and middle school I would take them to a local donut shop every Friday as a reward for surviving another hard week of school 😅
that's very bad but hey if nobody tells you then you don't know right?!
Based mom
When did elementary and middle schools become so hard? I am guessing this is single parent house 😢
@@htconex19062012 I'm guessing you don't have a sense of humor 🙄 sheesh !
@@truusjenskens8485 Giving ones children a donut treat once a week isn't bad parenting 🙄. But hey if you don't know what it means to be a good mom you don't know.
Thank you for sharing this eye-opening video about the truth behind trans fats. The information provided has empowered me to make healthier choices for myself and my loved ones. I appreciate the awareness raised about the dangers of trans fats and the importance of advocating for healthier food options.
Ive heard a few people mention that they think something changed with the oil used in the popular brand potato chips here years ago which makes them feel ill after eating a packet.
I have seen "trans fat" labels on most foods. As such, THIS is the 1st I've heard that they are not a NORMAL, avoidable, Natural fat!!!
Then you buy the wrong food! Don't eat cheap cookies or candies or anything with trans fat...but also not plant based oils, they're also bad...except olive oil, coconut oil, avocado oil, animal fats ...better eat real butter from grass fed cows.
Australia is shockingly ignorant. It was a worldwide huge realization 20 years ago and everyone normal stopped eating them
i’ve only been around Cis-fats; finally enlightened to the dangers about the trans-fat community
Wait till you hear things like potato chips and cheese it’s say “0G of trans fat” yet they actually have trans fats in them. Total scam.
@@double_joseph327 I think if it's below 0.4g per serve they can round down to zero.
"Are you interested in trans fat?" These people were ALL eating chemically created food. No, they are not interested. Especially in something requiring a bit of knowledge and thought.
If that guy started asking people “are you interested in strychnine?” I’m sure he would have received the same response.
Anyone who can pork away sandwiches that size can't be too informed about nutrition and health.
Businesses are more important than people's health.
I was there in Feb of this year, had a heart attack and had a Stent. I have a lot of cholesterol. Thanks fat is not banned in South Africa, and I try to eat healthy but yes they are in everything!!
It's still January, mate.
In our modern age of narcissism, people only believe what they want to believe and continently forget what they don't want to remember, when it's continent. While I am completely for freedom and choice, everyone needs a little help from time to time. If the governments are offering to ban this poison, so be it! I welcome the help!
“Freedom and choice” is a delusion in capitalism. Evert game of monopoly starts with total freedom of choice and equality and ends in no choice and destruction for most of the players
Over use of the word narcissism. 😂😂😂
@@Zeus-rq5wn I'm so happy I amused *Zeus* 🙂 P.S. *Zeus-rq5wn* password?
@@Zeus-rq5wn In the age of social media its acceptable to use it.
All vegetable oils and canola oil has trans fats and deep fried foods.
Olive oil and avocado oil both have zero trans fat and both have a high heat point for frying.
@@pjk1714 extra virgin olive oil and avocado oils and coconut oils are fruit oils, and are healthy. The toxic vegetable oils are seed oils.
@pjk1714 you're wrong olive oil has a low smoke point,therefore no good for frying.Butter and animal fats are far better for frying.
You’re all poisoned by diet culture
@@pjk1714 nope olive oil and avocado oil boil at low temperatures, and.... what that burning produces is'nt healthy. use it by all means but be very careful not to over heat it.
If it's trans it's bad. Got it.
That's a joke i would make in middle school.
Trans is bad
@@NoTerrorManagement That's ok young fella. You can use it Monday.
@@bengauci1836 You're not very bright are you?
@@NoTerrorManagement is that a serious question?
About 70% of food in Australia has Canola oil in it. Every fast food chain uses Canola oil
Ten years ago I’ve stopped adding sugar and salt to my food. Also avoiding any fast food like KFC and McDonald’s. I’m 62 and feel great . I eat a bit of everything. Stay away from Food Courts. 🌟
I eat healthy keto.. nothing out of a can of packet.. only grass fed meat, organic eggs, berries, cream and cheese, salad and wild caught fish and a few nuts 😋 best thing I've done for myself
Ultraprocessed food can be good in times of famine and food uncertainty. Due to sedentary lifestyle, there is very low opportunity to burn the energy. I would not call a ban of it but for more investment on healthy alternatives and education about food.
When “gluten free” is so popular and is labeled on every packaging possible, it’s actually “trans fat free” what should be more relevant.
The best decision I made was to stop eating processed garbage. Then I stopped alcohol. Then, all sugar from any source. Next, all plants....yes.....ALL plants. Sounds extreme? Yes, it is. Look up glyphosate in agriculture and make your own decision. I eat meat, butter, eggs and salt. That's it. Works for me. Never felt better. Educate yourself and do what's right for you
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Me too, totally agree. I was so blind
The other compelling factor particularly in the United States is the portion sizes…..
God please continue to bless and help Australia. 🙏
Kudos to the producers for playing banjo music during a scene in a New York City deli! (How did they know it’s New York’s favorite instrument of chose! 😳😂) We may be hillbillies 🧙🏻♂️ in your eyes here, but we’ve managed to ban trans fats in some of our most populous states! I hope you do the same! 🙂
even if you don't eat takeaway fast-food, many trans fats are commonly hiding in packaged baked foods, like pies and pie crusts, pastries and biscuits. They may also be in your shortenings and spreads like margarine, packaged frosting or peanut butter.
First? Think about those kid meals. From childcare to schools. To be able to fix future generation? Gotta ban those bad foods from schools canteen. Adults of today? All got ruined. Only those kids of tomorrow need to be fix and be able to know what good and bad and need someone to lead them to not eating bad foods. And its all start with school. If even in school, bad food is normal. Then all kids will think is normal. Then parents should be able to learn what is bad and what is good. But too bad, cheapest foods is fast food.
That food lobbyist has a pretty bad take. I'm a working mom and I barely have time to shower most days like many other working moms and he is expecting me to be fully informed on the latest poison his industry is putting in their products? People shouldn't have to worry about what they are feeding their children.
The kind of peanut butter that doesn't need to be stirred is usually hydrogenated (trans fat).
Trans fats are unsaturated fats with a particular orientation. Fully hydrogenated fats do not have orientation because there is no double bond. In other words, fully hydrogenated fats are simply a saturated fat, usually palmitic acid, not a trans fat.
The lady in red, needs to lay off the caffeine
What's wrong with caffeine? There's no trans fats in it.
3 things to note.... 1. the word transfat is too taboo to use now, food labelling calls it "hydrogenated oil". 2. Food that has. 0.5gram per serving can be rounded off to 0% transfat. So when a product says ZERO transfat, most probably it has some. 3. Reheating cooked food in the box or overnight takeaways also turns those vegetable oils into transfat. Vegetable oils are unstaturated fat with loose chemical bonds.
No butter is full of saturated fat - olive oils is better. But a whole food plant based diet is what everyone should aim for.
"Why is something so bad for us still on the menu?" You can ask smokers the same question about cigarettes. Profit$$$
No, people who choose cigarettes are aware of the risks. Trans fats are hidden & not known when you are eating out
@@user-wickedflower I was referring to why the Government allows it. It is all money
Mr Lobby Guy talks about "the informed consumer," knowing perfectly well that most American consumers are anything but. He reminds me of the tobacco lobbyist in Christopher Buckley's "Thank You for Smoking" who has dinner once a month with the other two members of the "MoD Squad" (Merchants of Death): an alcohol lobbyist and a gun lobbyist.
Justin Wilson will say the opposite if someone pays him more to do so. That's the beauty of an American.
is the expert saying that transfat is the reason for plaque buildup in arterial walls and NOT glycation brought about by the combination of carb/sugar and fat or both of these things contribute?
The US politician is about 15. And doubtless has health insurance.
he's not a politician, he's a lobbyist.
7:14 it's like y'all searched for the most obnoxious American. My goodness she needs to relax.
I check everything I buy for trans fat and don't buy it if there is any at all in the product. I became aware of trans fat many years ago. I don't understand how no one knows about it.
No one knows because they *don't* want to know. It's all too hard.
We still allow badly oxidized seed oil used in the market, just as bad these are named under vegetable oil. which came from GMO corns and full of glyphosate which still legal in all over North America. We also still have trans fat and also margarin
lol @ that slimy food lobbyist.
Always love 60 minutes Australia ❤
something else people and food have in common....well... some people. assuming we must afford them such dignity as acknowledging them as people.
Apparently it's more important for advertisers to hoodwink people into still buying things that are incredibly unhealthy, so the super-rich can still make their profits, than for all people to actually have ready access to healthy food.
Why not worry more about carbohydrates.
Because carbs are not the problem LOL. Asians have been eating white rice for thousands of years with no problems. Same with Europeans with bread and pasta.
Yes, sugars are the worst things in the world. We never had it until a couple of hundred years ago. Now it's in everything on the supermarket shelves, even bread and cereals and they are sugar. It's dangerous. It's one thing to eat rice, but the western diet is now all sugar.
Carbs are essential... TransFats are not
@@SOUTHEASTALLDAY Carbs are absolutely not essential. People live without carbs all over the world, including me.
@@toni4729 bro even if U think U don't eat carbs, I guarantee some of the food you eat has carbs without you knowing
This is really serious!
transfat should not be in the food in the first place! This is a crime , like poisoning the food , someone should be prosecuted for this!!!!
Look at the garbage they're eating. They got bigger issues than just trans fats.
I like to think I make heathy choice's for me and my children. The first 4 items I pulled out of the freezer and pantry 3 had trans fat's in them. And some item's didn't identify if they had trans fats in them this is worrying.
Its been COMMON KNOWLEDGE for over 20 years. Unless youve been living under a rock.
Who hasn’t heard of trans fats??????? It was a huge big thing like 20 year ago.
Sixty minutes short on stories. 😂😂😂
6:18 studies have found fatty streaks in the arteries of 10 years olds .. this isn’t just trans fats too it’s all saturated fats (animal protein diets) a whole food plant based diet will minimise all risk factors.
We all need to make an effort to eat at home. That means making meals from scratch. It also means consuming and purchasing healthy fats such as olive oil, avocado oil, tallow and lard. We need to go back to preparing our own meals and eating nutritious meals rather than just eating on the run. I would recommend anyone reading this. to do a search on KZhead for a documentary called Fat Fiction. It will open your eyes. 😳
I just read the ingredients on the foods. I eat the most, and I’m happy to say most of them have no trans fat. I can eat the same thing every day for a year and not get sick of it so I am pretty much eating a trans fat free diet. And I am not a fast food person nor do I care for sugary drinks. Yeah I’m boasting about it.
Trans fats were banned in California in 2006. When I bought a restaurant in 2006, the law went into effect within a month of the date of purchase.
Tryglicerides levels go sky high in cholesterol. Is statins effective thats what i want to know or is that just big pharma selling their drugs.
I stopped taking the Statins the doctor put me on as they were destroying my life. I stopped taking each of my meds one at a time for a few days and nothing changed. Then I stopped the statin and the change was almost instant, I was back in the garden the next day working my butt off. I felt that good that I stopped eating processed Carbs and started 18-6 intermittant fasting. In four or five months I lost thirty Kg's and dont take my blood pressure tablet, blood thinner and only take a Beta blocker now and then. I feel the best ive felt for twenty years, I eat meat eggs and certain veges a tiny bit of fruit that I grow, but every now and then, birthdays, Xmas and so on, I go to the dark side.
0:51 probably should have blurred the name there if that was the patient’s name 🤔
Run !
Thank you
"trans fat" is a generalized term for processed oils in particular; Canola oil, vegetable oil, sunflower oil
The biggest problem is that people don't understand the labels on food, other than where it says BBQ sausages. Educate people more or simplify the labels. We are not chemists. Colour code the labels green= good. Red= bad, etc. Restaurants are different and pretty much uncontrollable.
100% agree
There’s no need for people to become paranoid !! MODERATION is the key , anyone that has any functioning brain cells automatically realises that , an occasional indulgence is ok. If one eats healthy the majority of the time. 95 per cent eat healthy , the rest enjoy something naughty. People love fear mongering. Takeaway foods , are a sometimes food , home cooked meals and healthy snacks are an everyday food. It’s up to each individual to take RESPONSIBILITY for what they do and don’t eat ………
Okay so trans is bad im going to tell that to uncle sally formally uncle dan
At least you're still calling him what he is (your uncle)
In Kenya...that's the order of the day.😢
Once there is scientific evidence that proves beyond doubt that trans fats are toxic, they should be off the shelf. To say that, "let the consumer decide..." is ridiculous. Why not let narcotics be sold off-the-shelf with a mere warning and let "the consumer decide". We will have less drug enforcement problems to deal with. Let's have common sense and basic wisdom prevail ... please. 😮
Her description of trans fats is a perfect description for other trans things.
Factory made food shouldn't be on the market at all.
So why are Dr suggesting alternatives to butter
@ michellegracessettree5909 Butter is good food. It's not a trans- fat . Margarine is! Eggs and butter are real food . Olive oil is great oil. grape seed and Avocado oils. As are fish oils. Omega 6.
I know right, that why I have 0 respect for GPs ..
This came out In 2010...its got even worse now post covid
*Eat better feel better!!*
Me asking the waiter: Hi, may I know which food in the menu does not contain transfats? Waiter: Let me check the menu. We do not have a food name transfat. 9:58 Sir, majority of people do not understand what transfat are.
That young respondent should be prosecuted.
absolutely normal that a food lobbiest believes companies should be able to put anything in my food as long as they tell you it's there, not what it is or what it does.yep,this will kill you but the company I lobby for gave large sums of money to me and government officials to put it there even thought everyone that eats this will be sick and die prematurely.nothing to see here. End all lobbies!
Bureaucrats the light of your face is they're putting on a big smile
Too bad they didn't tell you exactly what is transfat, compared to good and what to stay away from. I know chips can be my downfall.
Read labels yourself. They're not your mother.
GET AN AIRFRYER. avoid fats altogether.
@Zeus-rq5wn 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
Sugar is worst than trans fat.
Duh we need socialized healthcare in America. Um no, we need people to live healthier first and foremost.
O please! Why not put rat poison in food and simply INFORM the public. Ridiculous argument!
Can't believe 60 Minutes is putting out trans phobic videos like this.
It's about money, not your health. Change your own diet.
Govt should only supply to us healthy foods..shelve life doesnt matter..we want to eat it today, not in 4 years time..we want our food safe with a 3 day turnaround.
Make it illegal and solve the problem!! How is it right for fair this is in so much of our food and we don't even know about it??
Holy cow a comment section the forgot to close
I've eaten nothing due to lack of cash
wow is some one listening to me . i was just discussing this with the wife last week. about america and trans fats. but i had it wrong i though australia all ready banned it years ago.
Dammit. I had some tater tots earlier today. Probably too late to puke them up.
GLUTTONY is a silent sin!
It's not gluttony at all, it's an ingredient that shouldn't be in food, simple.
@@Spook85 I was referring to Americans in general with fast foods 🤭
the foodcop :)
People should drink 12 glasses of water a day, 8 hours sleep, exercise & proper diet!