In 2003, the FDA passed legislation which allowed food companies to post "0 Trans Fat" on their labels as long as it was 0.5 grams or less per serving. I found this out as a result of doing work on my technical report for my technical writing class. How then can you tell if a product has trans fats? If the product has "partially hydrogenated" oil then you can safely assume it has trans fats. Seriously, check out some of the common snacks or food you eat.
I did this last weekend and threw out several food items. Why would I do that? Trans fats have a really hard time exiting the body, if at all. Trans fats have been linked to a higher risk to heart disease and cardiovascular issues (stroke, diabetes, obesity, etc). So I threw out the products because I don't want to eat any high risk items. And to think, if I had not written my paper, I would still be eating them at putting myself in danger. Whooo, that's a relief!
Anything you can do to remove trans fats from your diet, do it! Don't get caught by people who say that it's more expensive or that it tastes better. I've done the research and there is no difference. The healthier oils may cost more per gallon, but it is distributed over a lot of servings making the cost increase negligible. If you'd like more information let me know.
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