Trans fat ban in New York
Posted by kathryn in Health News and Fat
A few days of light posting, as I’m starting at my new clinic and have much to do. Will mostly be directing you towards news stories.
I’m writing an article on trans fats, so there will be more about them over the next week, but in the meantime, New York has become the first city to ban trans fats in its restaurants and food outlets. More info in today’s Herald . For a beginner’s guide to trans fats, take a look at the Heart Foundation’s factsheet .
07 December, 2006
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I saw this article too, interesting. At the very least, transfats should be clearly labelled when they are in something, so we can avoid them.
Agreed Cooking Chat, yes we do need labelling of trans fats. However, here in Australia, as a proportion of total diet, trans fats still fade into insignificance compared to the consumption of saturated fats. Many manufacturers have been working on reducing the levels of trans fats in their products – I’m particularly thinking of margarine brands here.
I’ll be blogging more about trans fats next week, as it is (of course) a slightly complex issue. Thanks for dropping by.
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