Trans Fat: They’ve Mostly Taken A Hike, But Consumers Still Need to Read Food Labels

Posted in Diabetes Articles by Connie Bennett on February 19th, 2008
The trans fatty acids (trans fats) were supposed to take a hike. Turns out that's not totally true. You see, we just learned, thanks to researchers at the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis reporting in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, the nasty substance still lurks in some foods. The good news is that researchers, who examined a sampling of processed snack foods, cookies, butter, and margarines sold at retail giant Wal-Mart in Minneapolis-St. Paul, found that most of them are now free of trans fats, which have been known to raise "bad" LDL cholesterol, which puts you at...

FULL STORY

Source: SUGAR SHOCK! Blog

Comments are closed.