(UK) Doctors demand ban on man-made trans fats

[demoleft]

Leading doctors are demanding a complete ban on the use of man-made fats found in thousands of foodstuffs such as biscuits, ready meals and margarine, because they can damage health.

The UK Faculty of Public Health is urging ministers to eradicate artificial trans fatty acids, known as trans fats, from the British diet. The move is needed to reduce people's risk of suffering a heart attack or a stroke, says the faculty, which represents 3,300 doctors and public health specialists in the NHS, local government and medical research.

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The World Health Organisation believes artificial trans fats are harmful to health and wants them to be minimised or eliminated altogether. They have also been blamed for causing fertility problems in women.

The UK should follow the example of Denmark, New York, California, Switzerland and Austria in banning trans fats, said Professor Alan Maryon-Davis, the faculty's president. Other countries and regions are planning to take similar action.

the guardian, http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/jan/18/trans-fats-ban-health-faculty

[LeftishBrit]

1. Would be a good idea.

[lunatica]

2. It's a no brainer to fight the causes of sickness

Yet the corporate food industry gets to call the shots just so they can make a profit.

[gorfle]

3. Has anyone noticed?

Has anyone else noticed that since the fast food restaurants all switched away from the hydrogenated oil that their fried foods now have a bitter aftertaste? I used to love McDonald's french fries but since the switch they are bitter and nasty. I suspect it is because the natural oils they now use don't last as long between change-outs and it goes bad quickly.

Anyway I've all but stopped eating fast food because it tastes like crap to me now.