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Why All People Are Firing Trans Fats Now?
By Ng Peng Hock
Why All People Are Firing Trans Fats Now?
By Ng Peng Hock
On Tuesday (December 5, 2006), New York has become the first city in United States to ban artery-clogging artificial trans fats at restaurants, as voted by New York’s Board. Restaurants must stop using most frying oils containing artificial trans fats by July and artificial trans fats must be eliminated from all restaurants foods by July 2008. It is expected that more and more cities in United States and around the world will follow suit. Gradually, trans fats will be eliminated from virtually all edible foods.
In 1950s and 1960s, trans fat was hailed as a healthy replacement for saturated fat in butter and animal fat. It was also used because of its ability to extend shelf life for products. 30 years later, why it is now crowned as a bad stuff that could shorten life for those who eat it?
This artificial fat, also known as hydrogenated vegetable oil or vegetable shortening, is now being accused as the culprit for raising the risk of heart disease and other problems. Why?
The reason is fairly simple. Research has found that trans fats increases levels of LDL or bad cholesterol and at the same time decreases levels of HDL or good cholesterol. It clogs the arteries of the heart, making them more rigid. It can also increase insulin resistance, thus increasing your chances of developing Type 2 diabetes.
The top nutritionists at Harvard University have in fact estimated that by just replacing partially hydrogenated fat in the diet with natural un-hydrogenated vegetable oils would prevent about 30,000 premature coronary deaths per year in the United States.
Based on the evidences and findings from numerous researches, United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had passed a law in 2003 requiring manufacturers of food and some dietary supplements to list trans fat on a separate line, and became effective from January this year.
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