The National Academy of Science siad that hydrogenated oil is unsafe at any level. I defer to this august body. I don't second guess scientists who have no agenda.
Dr. Melik: ... wheat germ, organic honey and... tiger's milk.
Dr. Aragon: Oh, yes. Those are the charmed substances that some years ago were thought to contain life-preserving properties.
Dr. Melik: You mean there was no deep fat? No steak or cream pies or... hot fudge?
[chuckling] Dr. Aragon: Those were thought to be unhealthy... precisely the opposite of what we now know to be true.
Dr. Melik: Incredible!
When I ate at my best friend's house .. son of a doctor ... and had real butter ... I vowed .. when I grow up, I'm eating nothing but butter.
I get whole milk from a local farm and love it cold all year 'round and I buy mothing but butter for cooling, spreading and getting gum out of my granddaughter's hair.
I recently had triple hernias corrections and while they did the intake they asked all the usual ... high blood pressure? Nope. Diabetes? Nope ... etc.
All I take is a multi-vitamin.
Do years of butter and whole milk have anything to do with this? I don't know, but there ain't nuthin' like a couple of slices of warm toast slathered in butter and a glass of cold milk.
Oh yeah, I'm 59.
I read a book in the 1970 titled EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT NUTRITION by David Reuben MD....
He said you shouldn't eat margarine, but should eat butter.
He said cholesterol is not the poison we all think it is.
I am waiting for that point to be proven true, too.
From my cold dead hands will they pry my street-cart Salty Pretzel .........
....calling mayor bloomy.....calling mayor bloomy....someone is saying 'trans fat'....calling mayor bloomy.
Meantime, health periodicals have been decrying 'trans fats' for years. And then the McDonald's brouha(ha) years ago whereby they were coerced into changing the fat used for their french-fries - a trans-fat combination no doubt.. .
The whole thing is stupid; and worse; dangerous, as we allow Government more power to decide what we can have for dinner. . .lunch or breakfast, for that matter.
All the science does not agree. Shame on Bloomberg pushing this no trans-fat thing in NYC. The idea will take off. Our Politicians will push this through everywhere. Why?
Thinking maybe a lawsuit against big trans-fat makers everywhere. Lots of money to be made. Lawyers wil start class action suits for anyone who ate anything with trans-fats before 2006 and cities, towns and lawyers will all be rich. Cynical- yes. One more point, what about personal choice? Freedoms lost, one issue at a time.
Although the vast majority of these fats are unhealthy, there is a minority that are fine to eat and may even prove beneficial. Known as conjugated linoleic acids (CLAs), some of these trans fats occur naturally in dairy products and meat, especially milk and butter. Others form as a result of chemical processing or cooking. A growing number of studies have demonstrated that, at least in animals, these unusual fats fight a host of chronic health conditions from heart disease to diabetes to cancer (SN: 3/3/01, p. 136). Most recently, several CLAs have shown promise in moderating the runaway inflammation that underlies arthritis, asthma, and even lupus (see Inflammation-Fighting Fat). A new line of research now aims at naturally increasing the concentrations of these unusual trans fats in foods such as milk and cheeses. Michael W. Pariza of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, who discovered the beneficial alter ego of CLA trans fats more than 2 decades ago, suspects that one day they may even be added to foods to fortify their healthiness.Pretty soon the exemption will be swept aside by the Dhimmicrats, on behalf of its vegan constituency.