What Do Margarine And Fish Oil Have In Common?

A surprising link....
The history of margarine

In the early 1920’s a large food manufacturing company in the United States of America was looking for a way to use a surplus of cottonseed oil. They discussed the issue with a chemist who had been chatting to a colleague in France, who had discovered a way to turn a liquid oil into a solid substance. They had stumbled upon a process called ...

How Toxic Is Your Cooking Oil?*

Toxic oil found in the golden oil aisles at your local supermarket

Why should you care about damaged oil molecules?

A toxic oil molecule is an oil molecule that has changed shape and no longer looks like an oil molecule that nature designed. This means that these damaged oil molecules are toxic to your body...

Every-Day Foods That May Be Harming You

Convenience seldom means health

Browsing your local supermarket, searching for dangerous items in your every-day foods, may not seem like much fun. However, it may be an important thing to do. A simple trip to the local supermarket reveals some of the food items that people use on a regular basis, that may contain hidden dangers.

However, before looking at the actual food items, keep the following points in mind ...

The Margarine Myth

A half-truth is a whole lie

In 1903, the process of heating plant-based oils and turning them into solid fats, was patented when a German chemist called Wilhelm Normann, boiled cottonseed oil at temperatures of more than 260° C, or 500 degrees F, and watched it solidify.