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Article: Trans fats found even in diet foods
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 5, 2003
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Scripps Howard News Service
People who are trying to shed pounds and eat healthful diets may
be in for a surprise if they look closely at the food labels of some
prepared diet foods. These may contain an unhealthy ingredient: trans
fat.
Brands with trans fat in at least some of their products include
Lean Cuisine, Healthy Choice, Slim Fast and Weight Watchers Smart
Ones -- foods that are marketed as nutritionally balanced.
Studies show that trans fat can damage hearts as much as saturated
fat, the artery-clogging fat that many health-conscious people have
studiously avoided for years. The National Academies of Science's
Institute of Health says there's no safe level of trans fat.
Those are ...