Billions still exposed to toxic trans fat: WHO

everything in moderation

Amazing how many artificial alternatives have been touted as healthier than the original then turn out to be nothing of the sort...

I do not recall transfats ever being sold as healthy.

Might depend on our age. I recall margarine being promoted for a very long time as a healthy alternative to butter. It really should be banned. Today, many are talking about banning it, but somehow it's still very widespread (pun not intended)...

Amazing how many artificial alternatives have been touted as healthier than the original then turn out to be nothing of the sort...

I do not recall transfats ever being sold as healthy. They made foods taste good but we all knew they were bad for us. I've been hearing that drumbeat for at least two decades but I'm human and weak and those foods just taste so good ...................

isn't desert at the top of the food triangle?

Only in Northern Africa, on the Arabian Peninsula, and a part of Eastern Asia.

D'oh! I meant dessert.

Since this is Japan, where does Japan sit in adoption of banning these? Food labels could be improved here as well. Many just list Fat.

There are 3 food groups. Sugar, fat and chocolate. I find that cake is an exceedingly good source of all three.

I gave up believing what any government says about good or bad food after the US congress declared pizza is a vegetable

I sometimes prepare a mix of butter and olive oil, which is soft enough for easy spreading right out of the fridge...

That sounds like something I should try.

as much as we have an individual duty to ourselves and our loved ones to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Very Maharishi Mahesh Yogi! Or stating the flipping obvious

Amazing how many artificial alternatives have been touted as healthier than the original then turn out to be nothing of the sort...

Butter is the supreme sandwich spread, prove me wrong!

Yes, butter is great.

I sometimes prepare a mix of butter and olive oil, which is soft enough for easy spreading right out of the fridge...

We don't eat many trans fats. A tiny amount in the butter for morning toast. We use olive oil.

Eliminating trans fats is seen as an easy way to reduce the numbers.

Not so easy it seems

Wobot

Indeed, butter was demonised for decades, such a shame. The experts that decide what is safe for us regarding food and pharmaceuticals are driven by money. The public’s interest and safety is secondary to profits, we see it again and again.

Governments have a duty to ensure food safety and encourage healthy eating as much as we have an individual duty to ourselves and our loved ones to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

isn't desert at the top of the food triangle?

Gee, and here I thought the four food groups were fat, sugar, sodium and alcohol. Silly me!