NYC Bans Trans Fats

[Michele]

First cigarettes, now trans fats. Today, New York City's health department announced that restaurants there will phase out the use of the artificial fats, which are widely used for frying and in baked goods and are bad for the heart.

In addition to raising "bad" (or LDL) cholesterol, trans fats lower "good" (or HDL cholesterol) and increase inflammation in the body, which is thought to play a role in heart disease and other conditions. Walter Willett, chairman of the department of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, estimates that because of the connection between cholesterol levels and heart disease, removing trans fats from food served in restaurants could reduce deaths from heart disease by at least 6 percent. Other studies suggest that cutting trans fats may also help reduce type 2 diabetes and dementia, he says.

New York City restaurants won't have to make the change–which health commissioner Thomas Frieden has compared to removing the lead from paint–immediately. They'll have until next July to stop cooking with trans fatty oils, and until July 2008 to cut out trans fats entirely. MORE >>

USNEW & WORLD REPORT (http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/articles/061205/5health.transfat.htm)

according to a segment on the today show this morning other cities like Chicago are expected to also incorporate this ban as well.

[Sauniere]

First cigarettes, now trans fats. Today, New York City's health department announced that restaurants there will phase out the use of the artificial fats, which are widely used for frying and in baked goods and are bad for the heart.

In addition to raising "bad" (or LDL) cholesterol, trans fats lower "good" (or HDL cholesterol) and increase inflammation in the body, which is thought to play a role in heart disease and other conditions. Walter Willett, chairman of the department of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, estimates that because of the connection between cholesterol levels and heart disease, removing trans fats from food served in restaurants could reduce deaths from heart disease by at least 6 percent. Other studies suggest that cutting trans fats may also help reduce type 2 diabetes and dementia, he says.

New York City restaurants won't have to make the change–which health commissioner Thomas Frieden has compared to removing the lead from paint–immediately. They'll have until next July to stop cooking with trans fatty oils, and until July 2008 to cut out trans fats entirely. MORE >>

USNEW & WORLD REPORT (http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/articles/061205/5health.transfat.htm)

according to a segment on the today show this morning other cities like Chicago are expected to also incorporate this ban as well.


No doubt this country's young are getting fatter and developing problems at a younger age.
I applaude this decision... :clap: :clap: :clap:

[steveksux]

I think thin transvestites are just as icky as fat ones. I see no reason to ban trans fats and not thin trannies as well.

Randy

[Sauniere]

I think thin transvestites are just as icky as fat ones. I see no reason to ban trans fats and not thin trannies as well.

Randy

okay.... thank you for those enlightening remarks... :flowers:

NEXT... ;)

[ScummyD]

Tiburon, California in the San Francisco Bay area was the first to ban transfat.

California leading the way onc more. For hell of better, well, that's another thread.

[Sauniere]

we lead the nation, the remainder follow along 10-40 years later... :rolleyes:

[ScummyD]

So like 10 for NY and like 40 for Mississippi? :lol: I mean, afterall, Mississippi didn't ratify the 13th freakin' Amendment until 1995!!!

[Bassman]

So, in a nutshell, the powers that be (And I assume it's that same moron who proposed mandatory ignition interlocks) are telling private businesses what to do again.. Priceless, the nannystate strikes again.

[JoeR]

Is it usually the responsibility of the city to set health standards? If so, I don't see how this would be any different from any other requirement.