Reply #68: Definition of a toxin: [View All]

[partisan to truth]

A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms and is ***capable of causing disease when introduced into the body tissues*** but is often also capable of inducing neutralizing antibodies or antitoxins.

...The part of this definition of a toxin is the reason that certain toxins are illegal. If it has been proven that a minimal amount of trans fat intake has the extremely negative longterm effect as previous posters have indicated, then I don't see a substantial argument for why they shouldn't be regulated.

IMO, consumers should, at the very least, be educated about the trans fat content of purchased food (i.e. on the nutrition label).