Reply #74: transfat [View All]

[jdj]

is an already unhealthy, cheap, oil mixed with a bunch of crap to keep it solid at room temperature. Because of the metal mixed in with it, it coats the arteries with plaque and eventally leads to arterial blockage. It results in heart attacks and strokes, many of which probably catch the victim unaware and are therefore treated in the emergency room. Since the poorest people are most likely eating the foods that contain the most transfats, they are also the most likely not to have health insurance and the most likely not to
be able to pay medical bills. They are also most likely to end up on public aid if they lose a supporting member of the family, so it makes good sense for a govt to ban a product that corporate sharks came up with to be able to mass-produce food with. If you pay attentiont to the news, you'll see that our own FDA bans food ingredients and drugs from time to time, the latest to bite the dust that I know of being ephedra, which was in both food and dietary supplements.

If you want to start a nationwide "Save my margarine" campaign to keep trans-fats free in the U.S.A (which it will be as long as Bush is in office), be my guest, however, I'm gonna save my energy of protest for something actually significant,