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And to improve the shelf life. i have a little experiment. i have a doughnut for us that weve been holding for two weeks. its still soft. i dont know if they have the screen for that. so thats been sitting around for two weeks. i want to see how long it lasts. its still soft. >> and thats in your body. >> yes. >> so you take that kind of stuff -- >> its not natural. >> it causes hardens of the arteries, can cause diabetes? so if thats the case, could it be considered something toxic entering you...

Save thousands of lives. >> we think it is time to address and phase out the remaining uses of trans fats to reduce the incidents of heart disease. >> reporter: you see, trans fats lower good cholesterol and they raise bad cholesterol. what were trying to avoid is this. ldl or bad cholesterol building up as plaque in the blood vessel walls. that plaque build up is what can cause heart attacks. the cdc says ditching trans fats would avoid 20,000 heart attacks a year. new york city banned trans fa...

Thousands of lives. >> we think its time to address and really phase out the remaining uses of trans fat in the diet so that we can reduce the incidence of heart disease and debts resulting from heart attack. >> you see trans fats lower good cholesterol and they raise bad cholesterol. what were trying to avoid is this, ldl or bad cholesterol building up as plaque in the blood vessel walls. because that plaque buildup is what can cause heart attacks. the cdc says ditching trans fats would prevent...

Theyre used because theyre a cheap way to actually extend the shelf life of food. but people have known for a long time its a bad problem. whos been silent has been the fda up until now. its an ingredient in a lot of our favorite foods, microwave popcorn, cookies, cakes, frozen pizza and much more. transfats. they increase shelf life and they add flavor to processed foods. but the fda is now saying they are not safe and wants to ban them. its a move they say would save thousands of lives. >> we ...

Kounlt, the ldl, the bad cholesterol and lower the hdl, the good cholesterol. >> in 2006 transfat was added to labels to make wiser food choices. new york city banned it in restaurants. other cities have since followed. popular fast food restaurants across the country have eliminated, relaced or reduced the use of artificial transfats in products. the grocery manufactures association said we look forward to working with the fda to better understand their concerns and how the industry can serve c...

>> but also for some people, i have a positive family history for heart disease. my dad died at 50 of heart disease. ive been told by my doctor that you can change your diet, try to radically change it but at a certain point you have to take medication. you have to take statins. >> at a certain point you do. >> diet alone is not going to do it for people with a real family history. >> i would beg to differ with that. because nobody is telling you how to eat to avoid those kind of conditions. you...

As cinnamon could be a key to lowering glucose levels for diabetics and its important for you to know. it doesnt mean that you should immediately hop in your car and buy yourself a cinnamon bun, thats not were talking about here. but type ii diabetics that took cinnamon supplements in a pill form saw heart health benefits, it seemed to reduce their total cholesterol, ldl, and their triglyceride levels and it increased hdl or the good cholesterol levels. theres someone out there that knows a thin...

For us. we thought it was 5%. its 18%. nobody dies from obesity directly. on a death certificate they dont put death from obesity. they put myocardial infarction or heart attack or stroke. the fat around the organs that we care about, fat around the kidneys, completely changes your sodium metabolism. you get high blood pressure because your hormones are out of whack. you get resistance to insulin. what happens when your insulin is not working? your pancreas is exhausted. you get diabetes. the fa...

Because you cant just screen everybody the same way. individualizing the care, looking at the guy and finding out what his risk stratification is. high gerris bei-- higher risk. we all work as a team. everybody that watches the program, they need to know what their cholesterol panel is. your good cholesterol hdl that marc recommends has to be over 50 or 60. ldl, bad cholesterol, less than 100. fasting blood sugar, which is important for diabetes, has to be less than 100. you need to know these n...

Between 8 to 20 pounds. total cholesterol came down on average 30%. the ldl, which is the lethal cholesterol came down about 25%, increase in energy, better sleeping, acid reflux disappears, gastrointestinal distress gone. people are going to the bathroom regularly. the number one gastro intestinal issue americans have is constipation. and thats because 94% of americas calories are coming from processed foods, dairy products and animal products that have zero fiber in them. plants, the only food...