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Article: Trans in trouble. (trans fatty acids)
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- Nutrition Action Healthletter
- Article date:
- October 1, 1990
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Trans in Trouble
August 1990: Millions swear they'll never again believe another word of nutrition advice.
Why? A new study says that trans fatty acids are bad for your heart. Suddenly, folks are (mistakenly) saying that butter is better than margarine.
It's not just margarine that's at stake. Trans fatty acids are found in shortening and hundreds of cakes, cookies, chips, and fried foods that are made with "partially hydrogenated" oils.
Earlier charges that trans fatty acids cause heart disease or cancer have never held up (see NAH, March 1988). But a new study, by Ronald Mensink and Martijn Katan, of the Agricultural University in ...