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Nanny State: Sprinkles To Be Banned By FDA
Investor's Business Daily ^ | December 30, 2014 | IBD EDITORIALS

Posted on 12/30/2014 9:51:02 AM PST by raptor22

Regulation: Cures for cancer and Ebola having been found, the federal ubernannies have decreed that sprinkles should no longer adorn kids' ice cream because they contain the trans fat that liberal groups once pushed for.

Come the New Year, the Food and Drug Administration, ignoring the principle that in most cases it's the dose that defines the poison, will issue new regulations designed to remove even trace amounts of hydrogenate oils, commonly known as trans fats, from our diets.

Trans fats have been in our foods since the 1950s to increase shelf life and improve taste. A small amount appears naturally in some foods, but research has determined that large quantities of trans fats in one's diet can be dangerous for long-term health.

But so can large quantities of bacon, and no one has proposed banning bacon, at least not yet, but we're sure that thought has occurred to those who want 16-ounce soft drinks banned while forcing our children to eat cardboard school lunches.

Each American consumes a mere 1.3 grams of trans fats per day. That's roughly 0.6% of our total daily calories, and no research suggests that this poses a health risk. But that's not enough to dissuade the federal nannies from regulating even the most minute aspect of our daily lives.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: biggulps; dictator; dictatorship; fda; foodnazis; foodpolice; govtabuse; ibd; nannystate; obama; smokingbans; sodaban; sprinkles; transfats; tyranny; waronsprinkles
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To: Tomato lover

There’s always bacon grease, although that won’t work for baking.
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Industrially-produced lard, including much of the lard sold in supermarkets, is rendered from a mixture of high and low quality fat sources from throughout the pig. To improve stability at room temperature, lard is often hydrogenated. Hydrogenated lard sold to consumers typically contains fewer than 0.5g of transfats per 13g serving. Lard is also often treated with bleaching and deodorizing agents, emulsifiers, and antioxidants, such as BHT. These treatments make lard more consistent and prevent spoilage. (Untreated lard must be refrigerated or frozen to prevent rancidity.)

Consumers seeking a higher-quality source of lard typically seek out artisanal producers of rendered lard, or render it themselves from leaf lard or fatback.

Source: Wikipedia


41 posted on 12/30/2014 2:57:21 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: ConservingFreedom; Wolfie
Government has no business telling adults what they can put in their own bodies.

Try telling that to all the Drug Warriors on this forum.

42 posted on 12/30/2014 2:58:15 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The mods stole my tagline.)
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To: Still Thinking; StopGlobalWhining; Straight Vermonter; Tampa Caver; TChris; ...

NANNY STATE PING


43 posted on 12/30/2014 3:13:46 PM PST by raptor22 (Follow me on Twitter @gerfingerpoken or facebook.com/danielsobieski)
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To: miss marmelstein

No, it’s Morrell.


44 posted on 12/30/2014 3:18:36 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: Tomato lover

If somebody gets desperate for sprinkles, and let’s face it, some people do, you could make an art project out of using boiled or fried rice and food coloring. This is if you just had to have something on top. Or cereal; as in Rice Krispies.


45 posted on 12/30/2014 3:28:45 PM PST by lee martell
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To: MrB; John Semmens

Yesterday’s satire is today’s reality. All we’re missing is what the people in the FDA really think.


46 posted on 12/30/2014 3:40:23 PM PST by Springman (Rest In Peace YaYa123, Bahbah, and Just Lori.)
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To: Tomato lover

I thought all of that was now a vegetable concentrate, not lard.


47 posted on 12/30/2014 4:01:02 PM PST by Kackikat ('If it talks like a traitor, acts like a traitor, then by God it's a traitor.')
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To: HamiltonJay

Don’t tell me not to eat ransfat,I’ll kick your sorry ass!!!!


48 posted on 12/30/2014 4:08:28 PM PST by dalereed
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To: raptor22

Time to abolish the FDA?

These unelected phucks have too much power.


49 posted on 12/30/2014 4:39:51 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: raptor22

Sprinkles are banned but Gay blood donors are peachy keen.

These people are evil.


50 posted on 12/30/2014 4:40:26 PM PST by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: dalereed

ha ha you said “ransfat” - is that rancid transfat???


51 posted on 12/30/2014 4:46:28 PM PST by Gasshog (DemoKKKrats: Leaders of the Free Stuff World)
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To: raptor22

So Sprinkles are Un-Amercian?


52 posted on 12/30/2014 5:05:19 PM PST by tubebender (Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)
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To: HamiltonJay

Why just yesterday 9 people died from trans-fat on my street...


53 posted on 12/30/2014 5:10:04 PM PST by tubebender (Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)
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To: HamiltonJay

We purchase pure lard at Safeway to fry chicken like my Mama used to make. I hope your wrong because I’m only 81...


54 posted on 12/30/2014 5:18:00 PM PST by tubebender (Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)
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To: ConservingFreedom

Then the first lady would have nothing to do.


55 posted on 12/30/2014 5:25:06 PM PST by morphing libertarian (Defund , sue, impeach. Overturn Obamacare, amnesty.)
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To: tet68

LOL


56 posted on 12/30/2014 6:37:45 PM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: Tomato lover

Buy Manteca at your local Hispanic food place.


57 posted on 12/30/2014 6:58:38 PM PST by dinodino
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To: HamiltonJay

Go swallow a lead ball and see what happens, you will see the entire lead ball in the toilet the next day.Go soak it in a glass of water for years and you will see no change in it.


58 posted on 12/30/2014 7:08:16 PM PST by X-FID
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To: raptor22

Hmmm, I must have an older copy of the constitution. Mine doesn’t give sprinkle authority to the federal government.


59 posted on 12/30/2014 7:57:01 PM PST by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - a Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: dinodino

Thank you!


60 posted on 12/30/2014 9:39:50 PM PST by Tomato lover
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