Wednesday, June 17, 2015

5 Reasons the FDA's Ban on Trans Fat Is a Big Deal : Anything Peaceful : Foundation for Economic Education

5 Reasons the FDA's Ban on Trans Fat Is a Big Deal : Anything Peaceful : Foundation for Economic Education: "Government doesn’t always know best, nor do its friends in “public health.” The story has often been told of how dietary reformers touted trans fats from the 1950s onward as a safer alternative to animal fats and butter.

Public health activists and various levels of government hectored consumers and restaurants to embrace the new substitutes. We now know this was a bad idea: trans fats appear worse for cardiovascular health than what they replaced. And the ingredients that will replace minor uses of trans fats – tropical palm oil is one – have problems of their own. "



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