"US moves to ban trans fats in foods"
firefoxxie
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24856146
Thoughts?
Edit: It has been brought to my attention by another user that this article has been posted previously. I do apologize.
Thoughts?
Edit: It has been brought to my attention by another user that this article has been posted previously. I do apologize.
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This thread might not end well......0
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We're just going to have to see...This thread might not end well......0 -
Good. Then we can move towards criminal penalties for pastry chefs and restaurants that serve fattening food.0
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www.fda.gov that front page has consumer information and the press release0
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My city has had regulations on trans fat in food for years...0
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so what do we do about trans fat from fatty meat?0
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And that's why I only eat Krispy Kreme donuts.
They're healthy.
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Interesting, what city is this? How does it effect your city and the residence?My city has had regulations on trans fat in food for years...0 -
This is awesome. There is no good reason to "cook" with this stuff.0
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And that's why I only eat Krispy Kreme donuts.
They're healthy.
want- hot ones please0 -
Oh, my apologies. I had no awareness of this being posted previously.0 -
This is awesome. There is no good reason to "cook" with this stuff.
There are just as many good reasons to not.0 -
And that's why I only eat Krispy Kreme donuts.
They're healthy.
You had me at Krispy Kreme...0 -
Good. Then we can move towards criminal penalties for pastry chefs and restaurants that serve fattening food.
:flowerforyou:0 -
And that's why I only eat Krispy Kreme donuts.
They're healthy.
Love the 2pt font "Per Serving." Should really say "0.4g Trans Fat [nanosize writing] Per Serving [/nanosize writing]"
That being said...mmmm, donuts.0 -
I live in Canada. I don't think trans fats have been banned, per se, but most restaurants and food manufacturers are moving that way with changing cooking oils and things.
For me, the biggest problem with trans fat labeling is that there's no distinction made between natural trans fats, as is listed as an area of concern in the other thread. I noted that my Greek yogurt has trans fats in it that come from nothing but the milk products.
I really think people have this "want to have my cake and eat it too" mentality with their fast food. They want their delicious tasting junk to be "healthy" too. I think this is ridiculous behavior. Just try to prove to me that banning trans fats will have any discernible impact on people's overall health when they're still eating crap food.0 -
My thought is I should be in control of what I want to do with my food, what I want to eat and how I want to fix it. Even if you personally feel it is not right for you, it is not right to force that opinion on others. I personally don't like cigarette smoking and don't like being around people who smoke, but a smoker chooses that, and it is his/her business, not mine. Just because we don't like something, we should not cheer when other people's rights are affected.0
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I would love it if they did this.0
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24856146
Thoughts?
Edit: It has been brought to my attention by another user that this article has been posted previously. I do apologize.
So tired of the police-state mentality.0 -
As always, it is the end consumer (you) who is responsible for what goes in your body not the FDA or any agency. You have always had choices. Read the label and choose wisely!0
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As always, it is the end consumer (you) who is responsible for what goes in your body not the FDA or any agency. You have always had choices. Read the label and choose wisely!
Restaurants don't usually have ingredient labels. Same with many foods prepared by someone other than myself. It seems easier to ban trans fats, than to force ingredient labels on all prepared foods.0 -
I really think people have this "want to have my cake and eat it too" mentality with their fast food. They want their delicious tasting junk to be "healthy" too. I think this is ridiculous behavior. Just try to prove to me that banning trans fats will have any discernible impact on people's overall health when they're still eating crap food.
The article says "a ban could prevent 7,000 deaths and 20,000 heart attacks in the US each year". Obviously this would be based on a projection derived from current figures re: consumption and disease. But true results would be impossible to know unless the ban were enacted. So, saying "prove" it to me before you ban is an impossible request.0 -
My thought is I should be in control of what I want to do with my food, what I want to eat and how I want to fix it. Even if you personally feel it is not right for you, it is not right to force that opinion on others. I personally don't like cigarette smoking and don't like being around people who smoke, but a smoker chooses that, and it is his/her business, not mine. Just because we don't like something, we should not cheer when other people's rights are affected.
Technically speaking, it's not a ban. The FDA wants to remove partially hydrogenated oils and other sources of artificial trans fats from the Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) list. It effectively "bans" them, because a company has to prove that the inclusion of a non-listed item is safe (under existing law), but it's not a ban in the sense that they got Congress to pass a new law to make it illegal to use.
As for the removal of it from the GRAS list, that's actually not an easy feat. It has to be basically proven beyond reasonable doubt that the item is harmful, and that's what's been done. Even then, there are still a lot of barriers to it actually happening, including lobbying from people and stonewalling from Congress (via riders and slashed funding) to keep an item on the list.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/05/10/1982851/fda-slow-to-regulate-harmful-substances/
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/07/health/fda-trans-fats/index.html?hpt=hp_t20 -
Great, because banning things always turns out well.0
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Oh, my apologies. I had no awareness of this being posted previously.
No need to apologize. Many articles are posted more than once. My guess is this one will be posted many more times over the next few weeks. There is no forum rule against it.0 -
so what do we do about trans fat from fatty meat?
considering that artificial trans fats from partially hydrogenated oils makes up the bulk of trans fat intake and pretty much everyone with a brain knows that it's some nasty ****, I have no problem with removing partially hydrogenated oils from the food supply. Naturally occurring trans fats from meat and dairy are minuscule in comparison.0
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