Why, speechifying, of course!
Posted on 12/24/2014 12:07:33 PM PST by lowbridge
Early next year, the FDA is expected to finalize a new regulation intended to eradicate even trace amounts of partially hydrogenated oils, known as trans fats, from our diets.
Although the amount of trans fats Americans consume has declined significantly in recent years, the FDA’s quest to completely eliminate a particular type of trans fat threatens to eliminate the noble “sprinkle,” used to decorate holiday treats and donuts. Even a small amount of joy is suspect in the FDA’s brave, new, food-monitored world.
In recent years, research has determined that consuming large amounts of trans fats is harmful to the heart. Trans fats have been in the American diet since the 1950s, but recent awareness of its health risks have pushed food companies and restaurants to minimize its use. Today, Americans consume just 1.3 grams of trans fats a day, around 0.6% of total caloric intake. No research has shown this level of consumption to pose any risk.
The proposed FDA action underscores the challenge of a permanent bureaucracy. Having succeeded in removing the risk that may arise from consuming large amounts of trans fats, the FDA extends its mission to eliminate even trace amounts, which may provide little in the way of improved health. Toxicity is determined by the dose, not the agent. Even water can kill if it is consumed in great quantities.
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A little radiation is Ok for me to consume,
but
NO SPRINKLES FOR YOU!
(I hope this is satire)
A quick look indicates the FDA is “barely getting by” with 14,500 employees. Up about 2000 during the Baraqqi regime.
I don't eat grains or sugar, but I fry everything in lard or bacon fat. Sweet potato fries in lard are amazing. My eggs always cooked in bacon fat.
There is no real science that shows the relationship between fat in the diet and heart problems. The Ansel Keys '7 countries' study was bogus.
Read "The Great Cholesterol Myth"
” My eggs always cooked in bacon fat.”
Amen!
You mean the FDAholes?
More Obama administation payback against the cops.
Kinda like cats and tinsel around Christmas time (except that the tinsel comes out in intact, but fecally-encrusted, strands).
Its the secret ingredient to make really great French Fries!
Mr. Franklin, we couldn't keep it.
Bacon fat?
You mean there’s another way?
Hell yeah!
Exactly! And the gold is so thin, you do not even taste it.
But it is very decorative. Sweet Halva made of crushed cashews & pistachio’s and condensed milk covered with a gold leaf is to die for.
If there is any common food product that everyone you know should avoid like the plague, it is sucralose (brand name Splenda). It is produced by Johnson & Johnson, and is the dominant artificial sweetener being used today.
The reason is that it is incredibly toxic to your healthy intestinal bacteria, but not for a bacteria strongly associated with morbid obesity, called enterobacter. In morbidly obese people, enterobacteria occupy almost 1/3rd of the space normally occupied by 30-40 different kinds of digestive bacteria.
(NIH data)
“After just 12 weeks of normal consumption of sucralose, the numbers of total anaerobes, bifidobacteria, lactobacilli, Bacteroides, clostridia, and total aerobic bacteria were significantly decreased; however, there was no significant treatment effect on enterobacteria.
“Also important was that 12 weeks after completely discontinuing sucralose, the healthy intestinal flora had still not recovered, indicating that effort must be made to ‘repair’ a healthy balance.
“Evidence indicates that a 12-wk administration of Splenda exerted numerous adverse effects, including (1) reduction in beneficial fecal microflora, (2) increased fecal pH, and (3) enhanced expression levels of (chemicals), which are known to limit the bioavailability of orally administered drugs.”
Who is in charge here? We the people or the government?
Sprinkles are too far
They make the world a livable place for kids who have to sit around being polite and eating what they’re told to eat.
Where are the moms on this? Which one hasn’t used sprinkles to make spinach better or to buy just ten more minutes in an adult conversation
And this headline on Christmas Eve!!
I’m kidding. But not at all
**No research has shown this level of consumption to pose any risk. **
Hmmm. Nanny gov in the kitchen?
Try using bacon fat instead of margarine in Kraft macaroni & cheese.
More people will get upset by eliminating sprinkles than they will Amnesty.
My kids love sprinkles.
How they react, impacts my sanity.
They’d pass out over my Holiday Sour Cream Coffee Cake Recipe.
Why, speechifying, of course!
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