Thu, 12 Oct 2006

Lead paint, cigarettes: Are trans fats next?

Ah, the irony! Trans fats were originally substituted in foods as a replacement for "bad" saturated fats. Now it seems that the cure really is worse than the disease...

What this really reminds me of is Woody Allen's classic movie Sleeper, where his Rip Van Winkle like character, who's a vegan non-smoker for his health, discovers everybody's smoking and eating steaks 200 years into the future: for their health!

New York City's Health Department wants to ban trans fats from the menus of the city's restaurants.

(link) [Christian Science Monitor]

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