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Article: Trans fats not such a weighty issue
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- December 23, 2006
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There's hardly anything healthy about the deep-fried Hostess
Twinkie served for dessert at the Harris Grill in Shadyside.
But the restaurant's owner proudly will tell you the Twinkie is
not fried in trans fats that can cause cholesterol levels to
skyrocket.
Rodney Swartz cooks it this way by choice and believes no one
should tell him how to make his desserts, french fries and falafel.
"If you eliminate trans fats, it's not going to make a big
difference," said Swartz, who has operated Harris Grill since
December 2004. "They think they're protecting people against evil.
You're still going to have 300-pound people walking around."
In this season of ladylocks and pumpkin pies, everyone is ...