FDA to ban trans fats

[ThinClient]

Transfat has demonstrated problems. Teflon? No, at least not if used as intended. Burning PTFE probably isn't a really good idea though.

When teflon was originally introduced, it was approved for use in things like fry bags and hamburger wrappers and stuff in an effort to control the leaking of grease. Later, we discover that teflon can't be removed from the bloodstream and has significant health risks.

Sure, we continue to use teflon in applications that are intended not to mix with food products, but the damage is already done.

 

[Matt1970]

Next on the list. Corn syrup (dextrose). I hope.

If we start banning everything that causes heart disease, beef won't be far behind.

 

[Texashiker]

FDA to ban trans fats

About 20 years too late.

 

[ThinClient]

If we start banning everything that causes heart disease, beef won't be far behind.

Beef doesn't cause heart disease. People being fat fucks who eat a thousand pounds of food per meal cause heart disease.

Heart disease being the number one cause of death is a farce. Unless an autopsy is performed, a non-obvious cause of death is called "natural causes" (which is recorded as heart disease or cardiac failure) and it is the common practice to attribute death to heart disease. It's simply the catch-all column when "we don't know."

 

[gotsmack]

Nothing I saw in that link implied that it may be worse. What are you basing that on?

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2009/01/q-a-what-is-interesterified-fat/index.htm

 

[theeedude]

What are advantages of trans fats? Do they taste better or are they cheaper?

 

[ThinClient]

What are advantages of trans fats? Do they taste better or are they cheaper?

Yes.

 

[theeedude]

What about coconut oil? Is that considered trans fat? My wife bought some, and it looked opaque, so I told her if it's solid at room temperature, I am not eating it.

 

[ch33zw1z]

What about coconut oil? Is that considered trans fat? My wife bought some, and it looked opaque, so I told her if it's solid at room temperature, I am not eating it.

Coconut oil is very high in saturated fat. Which is also a solid at room temperature, and is not exactly good for you either. It should be consumed in very limited quantities, even if you have no history or are not prone to cardiovascular disease.

 

[Incorruptible]

These guys are a bunch of idiots. It's not up to them to ban trans fats but the market. Once again the FDA shows how useless it is.

 

[BUnit1701]

i hate how they think they can pinpoint the number of heart attacks and deaths from trans fats.

theyre just doing this because someone lobbied for a replacement of transfats and the replacement will be no provably better for health than transfats.

Hold on to your hats ladies and gentlemen. This a a great story I like to call 'CSPI and your diet'. You see, back in 'the day', we used natural fats like beef tallow in our food. Even fast food, like McDonalds, the french fries were cooked in this wonderful tasting, perfectly healthy and safe oil. Then CSPI came along, and started raising holy hell that 'saturated fat' was a HUGE problem for us and we needed to get it all out of our food. The pressure mounted, and eventually all the major fast food chains dropped beef tallow and moved to hydrogenated vegetable oils (read : trans-fats). Now we have a huge problem with obesity and 'heart disease'. Of course, no one will be suggesting the common sense solution of going back to natural beef tallow and the sort, instead we need to find another artificial solution.

For those who dont realize, it doesn't matter how hard you squeeze corn, you will never EVER get any oil out of it. Corn oil is a chemical product, nothing natural about it in any way, shape, or form.

 

[ThinClient]

These guys are a bunch of idiots. It's not up to them to ban trans fats but the market. Once again the FDA shows how useless it is.

You clearly don't know what you're talking about. If it weren't for the FDA, you'd be swallowing Tylenol with strychnine.

 

[Texashiker]

What are advantages of trans fats? Do they taste better or are they cheaper?

Transfats (hydrogenated oils) allows products to be stored for a long periof of time, as compared to natural fats and oils.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

These guys are a bunch of idiots. It's not up to them to ban trans fats but the market. Once again the FDA shows how useless it is.

If it's not in the jurisdiction of the "Food and Drug Administration" to regulate what constitutes "food," why bother having the FDA at all?

 

[ThinClient]

If it's not in the jurisdiction of the "Food and Drug Administration" to regulate what constitutes "food," why bother having the FDA at all?

Ya, let's go back to selling snakeoil. I like that idea.

 

[rudder]

My first reaction was how dare they regulate a normal, tasty part of food!

Then I read the DT article... oh boy.

So it was developed as a part of the mass production / manufacturing process? Yuck. Might be tasty but !@#$ if it's not a natural part of food and it leads to heart disease...

Glad to be rid of it?

Anti PH forces did mount a very successful informational campaign. I have been aware of it for some time and ever since food manufacturers were required to put it on labels, I avoided it when at all possible. I can't control this type of fat in restaurant foods so I am glad to see FDA take action. With sugary soda... That is easy to avoid at a restaurant. PH not so much other than going to places that provide a little more info on how they cook their food.

 

[ch33zw1z]

With Obamacare rolling in, the FDA will have a bigger role to play. Not sure how good that is or not, but that's the way it is.

 

[Incorruptible]

If it's not in the jurisdiction of the "Food and Drug Administration" to regulate what constitutes "food," why bother having the FDA at all?

The FDA shouldn't be involved with this. It should be up to the market and not them if trans fats are banned.

 

[ThinClient]

The FDA shouldn't be involved with this. It should be up to the market and not them if trans fats are banned.

Yes. The market should decide whether cyanide and strychnine should be allowed in drugs. The FDA shouldn't step in to bother testing for things that are harmful to prevent companies from using them anyway.



I'm glad people like you aren't in charge.

 

[ch33zw1z]

The FDA shouldn't be involved with this. It should be up to the market and not them if trans fats are banned.

repeat, rinse, repeat..

 

[Atomic Playboy]

The FDA shouldn't be involved with this. It should be up to the market and not them if trans fats are banned.

Why don't you think the FDA should be involved, given that they are the federal organization responsible for policing anything labeled as food in this country? It seems like exactly the sort of thing they should be involved with. It seems like their entire reason for existing (outside of the "and Drug" part of their name, I suppose).

 

[Incorruptible]

Yes. The market should decide whether cyanide and strychnine should be allowed in drugs. The FDA shouldn't step in to bother testing for things that are harmful to prevent companies from using them anyway.



I'm glad people like you aren't in charge.

Oh look. Another moron who puts words in my mouth because I dare disagree with him.

 

[Texashiker]

Ya, let's go back to selling snakeoil. I like that idea.

Labeling is fear mongering.

So what if its snake oil. Consumers do not need to know.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Oh look. Another moron who puts words in my mouth because I dare disagree with him.

So the market shouldn't decide?

 

[Incorruptible]

So the market shouldn't decide?

For trans fats the market should decide.