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sendero

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35. I think this is great news...

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Nov 8, 2013, 09:46 AM

Nov 2013

.. and I hope they go through with it,.

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F.D.A. Moves to Ban Trans Fats, Citing Health Concerns [View all] Eugene Nov 2013 OP

Unfortunately, the major replacement for trans fats is palm oil - which is an environment destroyer. ehrnst Nov 2013 #1

Actually, palm oil doesn't have to be chervilant Nov 2013 #4

Great news! I doubrt this proposal will survive the push-back, hedgehog Nov 2013 #2

Long, long overdue! AndyA Nov 2013 #3

Does that mean 90% of fast food places are going to close down? Myrina Nov 2013 #5

Nice. Now, let's talk about HFCS. n/t bitchkitty Nov 2013 #6

Historical perspective. proverbialwisdom Nov 2013 #7

I think my mother got caught up in the lack of information regarding trans fats. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #8

How is the RW media going to lie about this one? Dopers_Greed Nov 2013 #9

Butter or olive oil? HockeyMom Nov 2013 #10

Is olive oil bad for you? Mz Pip Nov 2013 #11

Wonderful stuff. ronnie624 Nov 2013 #13

Animal fats are overwhelmingly the worst fats. Olive oil is great! nt onehandle Nov 2013 #20

Since I am a vegetarian I never use animal fats RebelOne Nov 2013 #24

Trans fats are worse for you than animal fats. Quantess Nov 2013 #25

Well, that goes without saying, considering the OP. nt onehandle Nov 2013 #27

I prefer hemp oil over olive RandiFan1290 Nov 2013 #21

Olive oil and Avocados have good fats. nt bananas Nov 2013 #30

LA Times article, homepage today, link categorized as business/money/. proverbialwisdom Nov 2013 #12

Good. n/t DirkGently Nov 2013 #14

I'm guessing Monsanto has a toxic replacement lined up... nt docgee Nov 2013 #15

As a matterof fact... dixiegrrrrl Nov 2013 #17

and I was only being sarcastic... fuck docgee Nov 2013 #39

I don't want to lose my Coffeemate MissMillie Nov 2013 #16

Here are some products that may have hidden trans fat: dixiegrrrrl Nov 2013 #18

Flavored coffee creamers can contain truedelphi Nov 2013 #26

"The Institute of Medicine has concluded that there is no safe level for consumption" bananas Nov 2013 #31

Good. nt onehandle Nov 2013 #19

Does this mean that the obnoxious among us RandiFan1290 Nov 2013 #22

One can only hope... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #28

It's the creeping crud... TommyCelt Nov 2013 #23

Newspaper title is misleading - (surprise!) - artificial trans fats ConcernedCanuk Nov 2013 #29

No thinking person in the USA should trust headlines - truedelphi Nov 2013 #37

Screw that oberliner Nov 2013 #32

Such as many people believed they wanted prior to Upton Sinclair's writings... LanternWaste Nov 2013 #34

And amazingly we still have factory farms oberliner Nov 2013 #36

Been noticing more products w/o TFAs in recent years. BadgerKid Nov 2013 #33

I think this is great news... sendero Nov 2013 #35

I don't believe anything FDA says. aikanae Nov 2013 #38