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Hydrogenated vegetable oil: Hydrogenated, and partially
hydrogenated, oils are fancy labels for trans fats. Trans fats appear
in many fried, fast, and processed snack foods, as well as some

breakfast cereals and baked goods.

These oils are created by applying pressure and hydrogen to
vegetable oils to create a semi-solid fat. Dieticians largely agree

that there is no safe level of trans fats, and that they should be
avoided entirely. Consuming them has been linked to heart disease,
obesity, and multi-infarct dementia.

Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT): A
preservative used in some breakfast
cereals, as well as a variety of other
foods and cosmetics, BHT is also

used in jet fuel, petroleum products,
and embalming fluid. A National
Toxicology Program report published
in 2005 states that BHT is, “reasonably

anticipated to be a human carcinogen.”

BHT may also lead to liver damage, and harm aquatic organisms,
according to the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS). The MSDS

also bluntly states that this chemical compound should not be
allowed to enter the environment.

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