The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI; aka the food & beverage police) are against banning trans fats from foods. In fact, they indicate that banning them “could be more harmful from a public health perspective.” Instead they favor a gradual phasing out of trans fats. How would a gradual phase out be …
Tomorrow is National Wear Red day – in support of women’s heart disease awareness. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov//educational/hearttruth/materials/wear-red-toolkit.htm As things gear up for heart health awareness, I’m stuck wondering why partially hydrogenated oils are still in so many foods. Partially hydrogenated oils make up man-made trans fats. Now that trans fats have been on food labels for a …