Is trans fat an invention of the devil?
(correction: modern trans fat is the invention of Proctor & Gamble)
(correction on the correction: the process of converting liquid fat to trans fat was the work one Nobel laureate Paul Sabatier)
Let's start with Wikipedia...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisco
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_fat
posted by astrid @ 6:04 PM
6 Comments:
Let's also put in
http://www.trans-fatfacts.com
for balance. :)
I thought Wikipedia would be a relatively unbiased source.
I personally find the continual usage of trans fats in processed foods to be absolutely unconscionable - at least as bad as what the tobacco companies do and probably worse. And the FDA is still enabling Crisco and the likes by counting .49 grams as 0 grams, leading to ridiculous serving data like 12 grams of Crisco.
There's zero reasons to risk your health to eat trans fat foods. Any recipe asking for Crisco could be done even better with lard and butter.
OR are you supporting trans fat because it is vegetarian "friendly"(though not raw foodist "friendly"), so this is an attempt to send vegetarians to early graves...
OR are you supporting trans fat because it is vegetarian "friendly"(though not raw foodist "friendly"), so this is an attempt to send vegetarians to early graves...
I do not support the use of trans-fat. However, I afraid that banning it would set a very bad precedent.
Peter P,
The problem is that without stricter regulation and more public education, people are doing irreversible damage to their health by unknowingly consuming trans fat and high fructose corn syrup (a huge factor in diabetes). Not regulating would be (1) unconscionable and (2) shortsighted when the public health aspect is considered.
And...this is a situation where you can ask yourself "what would Bill Gates do?" I don't think he would be on the side of Crisco and Nabisco.
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