Ban on Trans Fats

Ban on Trans Fats

New York has become the first city in the world to ban artificial trans fats from restaurants. Should other cities and states do the same? What do you think about bans on artificial trans fats?

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Top 5 Cancer-Causing Foods

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Great list of Top 5 Cancer-Causing Foods that we should refrain from eating to keep us cancer-free and enjoy a healthy life. 1. Hot Dogs Because they are high in nitrates, the Cancer Prevention Coalition advises that children eat no more than 12 hot dogs a month. If you can't live without hot dogs, buy those made without sodium nitrate.. 2. Processed Meats and Bacon Also high in the same sodium nitrates found in hot dogs, bacon, and other processed meats raise the risk of heart disease. The saturated fat in bacon also contributes to cancer. 3. Doughnuts Doughnuts are cancer-causing double trouble. First, ... Read Full Story

Partially Hydrogenated Oils

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Please take note. This article is about a simple substance that has literally caused an epidemic of obesity and other health problems to the masses of people who consume processed foods: partially hydrogenated oil. Scientists and nutritionists alike label this chemically enhanced ingredient a poison, and by true definition of the word; it is. Partially hydrogenated oils are naturally occurring oils that are altered by an unnatural process. Hydrogenation is the action of passing hydrogen bubbles through oils during extreme temperatures of heat treatment which range from 500 and 1,000 degrees under several atmospheres of pressure. At this point the oil is infiltrated with ... Read Full Story

Why fast foods are bad???

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Why fast foods are bad??? Eating a diet consisting abundantly of fast aliment could could cause your waistline to appendage added than bistro the aforementioned bulk of fat from convalescent sources. Monkeys fed a diet affluent in trans-fats - frequently begin in fast foods - grew bigger bellies than those fed a diet affluent in unsaturated fats, but absolute the aforementioned all-embracing amount of calories. They aswell developed signs of insulin resistance, which is an aboriginal indicator of diabetes. Trans-fats, or partially hydrogenated oils, are begin in abounding fast foods and aswell in broiled appurtenances and candy snacks. They badly access the accident of ... Read Full Story

New York restaurants nearly all trans-fat-free

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two years after New York City declared war on artificial trans fats, nearly all city restaurants had successfully cut the artery-clogging fats from their menus, health officials reported Monday. In December 2006, the city's Board of Health decided to launch a gradual trans-fat phase-out from all licensed eating establishments -- including restaurants, school cafeterias and street vending spots. By November 2008, more than 98 percent of city restaurants had stopped using artificial trans fats for cooking, frying and baking, researchers with the city's health department report in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Trans fats have become notorious because they ... Read Full Story

Two Texas Democrats move to ban Transfats at all Restaurants statewide

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No more Spicy Mexican Food or Greasy Texas BBQ if Nanny-Stater Dems get their way Two Democrat State Legislators have introduced a bill to ban trans fats in all restaurants around the State. The bill would also require that foods conform to less than 0.5 grams of fat per serving. From the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram , April 7: State Rep. Carol Alvarado of Houston and Sen. Eliot Shapleigh of El Paso, both Democrats, promoted legislation Monday that would ban artificial trans fats in all Texas restaurants... It’s one of two high profile changes the Legislature is considering regarding restaurants. The other is a statewide ... Read Full Story
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Louisville might ban trans-fats
The first of two public forums on whether trans-fats should be banned in Metro Louisville will be Tuesday night.  
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Secrecy over trans fat revealed
FOOD soaked in killer trans fats has been banned as councils tackle the obesity epidemic - but Australia's food watchdog refuses to change the labelling laws.  
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Health Minister plans to ban trans fats in food
Artwork entitled The Fat Man by Patrice MabasaThe Health Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, has told Parliament that his department intends to introduce rules banning industrially produced trans fats in all processed and prepared foods. Giving a written reply to a question from the Democratic Alliance's Winston Rabotapi,. . . .  
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Trans Fat That Helps Burn Belly Fat? It’s True!
http://www.flablabs.com/trans-fat-that-helps-burn-belly-fat-its-true/ Can you believe that some Trans Fats can help you burn belly fat?  
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Girls Scouts: Early Adaptors in the Fight Against Trans Fats
Over two years ago, Girl Scouts took a bold turn away from trans fats, removing trans fatty acids from 90-year-old favorites -- Samoas, Thin Mints, Tagalongs and Do-Si-Dos. "We embraced the change because we think it's the healthy thing to do for everybody," said Leslie Roth, ceo of Girl Scouts of Broward County, Inc.  
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New York's Ban on Trans Fats
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New York's Board of Health has given restaurateurs till July 1, 2008, to eliminate the fats from all foods.
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Trans fats are believed to be harmful because they contribute to heart disease by raising bad cholesterol and lowering good cholesterol levels at the same time.
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Some experts say that this makes them worse than saturated fat. Representatives of the restaurant industry have denounced the ban as burdensome and unnecessary.
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