Comments on: NYC Banning Trans Fats Doesn’t Fix The Problem

By: LindaLCforLife

LindaLCforLife — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:16:00 +0000

Wasn't it the government who made the fast food companies use vegetable oils high in polyunsaturated fats and trans-fatty acids in the first place. I remember there being a big to-do about McDonald's being forced to take the "animal fat" out of their chocolate chip cookies too; sometime in the 80s I think.

Even if they fry fast food in trans-fat free oils that doesn't make it healthy food. Like taco said, it's still crap.

I just don't the benefit from a proposal like that. Kind of makes me wonder...why?

By: The Happy Low Carb Taco

The Happy Low Carb Taco — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:02:00 +0000

Anyone with an internet connection or a TV knows that trans fats are bad for you. This isn’t a secret, and no one is lying about anything.

By: LCforevah

LCforevah — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 21:13:00 +0000

The first step has to be taken somehow. Lowcarbtaco, I disagree that the ban is a waste of time since it serves as a kind of publicity for making people aware that corporations use harmful substances in products the public ingests. Would you like to go back to fifty years ago when the tobacco companies had ads with a young Mike Wallace of 60 minutes fame, telling the US public that smoking was good for you? It turns out that the corps already knew that smoking caused health problems. They were out and out lying, and many corporations still will say anything they can get away with in order to sell whatever.

By: The Happy Low Carb Taco

The Happy Low Carb Taco — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:52:00 +0000

I know coconut oil is healthy. I use it on a daily basis. I was using it as an extreme example.

I'm saying that most foods that contain trans fats in the first place are usually ultra-processed and very unhealthy. Regardless of what fat you fry crap in or use to bake crap with, it's still crap.

Removing trans fats might make that sticky bun just slightly less likely to cause a heart attack- but not enough to make a significant difference.

I just think this ban is a waste of time and meaningless if people don't eat well in the first place.

By: Jeff Hamlin

Jeff Hamlin — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:56:00 +0000

The day that government acts on my behalf is the day that we change our name to “New Cuba”. We most certainly DO NOT need to be interfered with! Anyone who thinks so is a communist.

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:39:00 +0000

Trans fats are used in many more food products than those served at McDonald's and Wendy's. Crisco is a trans fat.

Incidentally, modern research is overturning the verdict of the 20th century that coconut oil is unhealthful. To the contrary, it may be good for you. (Same for palm oil and certain other vegetable oils that are solid at room temperature.)

Conversely, some studies are now making the case that corn oil, once touted as a healthful replacement for Crisco in frying or for use in salad dressings, may not be good for you.