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Article: Lots of cookies now "trans-free," but not all are healthful.(Nutrition Comparison)
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- Environmental Nutrition
- Article date:
- April 1, 2007
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Sandwich cookies, fruit-filled cookies, oatmeal cookies, chocolate chip cookies...whatever your favorite, cookie manufacturers have likely reformulated it in response to the latest health concern--artery-clogging trans fats.
But simply removing trans-containing oils does not a healthful cookie make. Low-trans-fat cookies can still be high in total fat, low-fat cookies can be high in sugar, and low-sugar cookies can be high in fat. Face it, with few exceptions, most cookies aren't paragons of good nutrition. And few of us expect that; cookies are an occasional indulgence (emphasis on occasional)--a treat that we allow ourselves. But to prevent the occasional treat from ...
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