Saying NO to Trans Fats in NYC
Following up on an FDA report stating that there is essentially no safe level of trans fats acceptable in a healthy diet, the New York City Health Department is asking local restaurants to voluntarily stop using the chemically-concocted glop New York Times reporter Marc Santora ( August 11) calls " America's most dangerous fat." NYC health commissioner Dr. Thomas R Frieden ranked the artificial fat right up there with lead and asbestos as a threat to human health.
The FDA is requiring labeling of trans fats as of January 1, a move that has sent some food companies racing to remove the t-f's from their products. Denmark legislated a ban on the fat in processed foods in 2003.
Trans fats turn up in many commercial baked goods, and thousands of other products including many frozen dinners and entrees. And, of course, in French fries served in fast food restaurants.
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