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Article: Lead paint, cigarettes: Are trans fats next? New York City's Health Department wants to ban trans fats from the menus of the city's restaurants.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- October 12, 2006
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Byline: Gregory M. Lamb Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Does that jelly doughnut or fried chicken you chomp into contain what many nutritionists say is the worst additive in America's food supply? It might - depending on what recipe was used.
Researchers have linked the consumption of artificial trans fats found in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils to a higher incidence of certain ailments, including heart disease and diabetes. But restaurants are under no obligation to use trans-fat substitutes or tell customers that they're swallowing a potentially dangerous substance.
"It's kind of a stealth product," says Geoffrey Martin, ...