| The Center for Science in the Public Interest | | | | their patients' health, including their |
| tested French fries at 14 of America's | | | | ability to recover from their current illness |
| leading hospitals andsix top children's | | | | and ability to prevent future |
| hospitals. All 20 served fries with | | | | visits.Remember, French fries are among the |
| health-harming trans fats.Among the worst | | | | worst foods you could ever eat, as they're |
| offenders, based on the trans fatty content | | | | laced not only with trans fats, but |
| of their fries:Hospital of the University of | | | | acrylamide, produced when starchy foods are |
| Pennsylvania -- 5.3 grams University of | | | | cooked at high temperatures. That's why I |
| Michigan Health System -- 4.9 grams UCLA | | | | recommend avoiding French fries, along with |
| Medical Center -- 4.6 grams University of | | | | potato chips, soft drinks and doughnuts, and |
| Washington Medical Center -- 4.5 grams | | | | eating as much raw food as you can.So if you |
| University of California, San Francisco, | | | | are going to the hospital, be proactive and |
| Medical Center and Children's National | | | | have your family bring you HEALTHY meals that |
| Medical Center -- 4.1 gramsWhat's more, the | | | | will help your body recover rather than rely |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) serves | | | | on the "free" food the hospitals serve that |
| trans-fat-laden French fries in its | | | | is designed to accelerate your death.For |
| cafeteria, despite that agency's own | | | | those times when you must heat your food, you |
| recommended dietary guidelines. Their French | | | | will certainly not want to use your |
| fries, in fact, contained more trans fats | | | | microwave. Microwaves heat your food by |
| than any of the hospitals. The report is | | | | causing it tovibrate at very high |
| having some effect; the University of | | | | frequencies. While this can effectively heat |
| Michigan Health System vowed to work to | | | | your food it also causes a change in the |
| remove trans fats from their menus, and the | | | | chemical structure of the food that can lead |
| USDA will begin serving fries cooked in | | | | to health problems. But consider the rapid |
| trans-fat-free canola oil. Center for Science | | | | cooking and inexpensive oventhat our readers |
| in the Public Interest February 6, 2006USA | | | | are raving about.The terrible, unhealthy food |
| Today February 7, 2006 Dr. Mercola's | | | | you get fed is just one of the many ways that |
| Comment: Considering all the damage trans | | | | hospitals can kill you,especially in America. |
| fatty junk food like French fries can do to | | | | They are also addicted to health-harming |
| your health, it amazes me how most of the | | | | "cures" and dangerous medical mistakes. And |
| nation's leading hospitals still don't see | | | | that is why the fatally flawed paradigm that |
| the whole picture.They seem to be completely | | | | passes for conventional health care in this |
| focused on the problem at hand and are | | | | country desperately needs to be transformed. |
| oblivious to the obvious impact food has on | | | | |