To: Rockingham
Trans fats are cheaper and last longer on the shelf, which is why manufacturers prefer them
That's true but the change came when the health kooks convinced the gullible that butter and lard were poison.
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137 posted on
12/21/2006 5:27:11 PM PST by
mugs99
(Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out alive.)
To: mugs99
Margarine and other trans fats were introduced on a mass basis in the 1920's. The dairy lobby was opposed, but early food and safety measures pushed by manufacturers overrode their objections. By the late 1970's, lunkhead leftists were targeting saturated fats as the great evil cause of heart disease, with margarine and trans fats the supposedly safe alternative. By the late 1990's, they reversed course and began campaigning against trans fats. The only people who look good in this are the dairymen who, in the 1920's said that margarine should not be consumed but might be used as axle grease in a pinch.
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