THEY'RE AT IT AGAIN..
Food Makers Race to Drop Trans Fats, but Some Substitutes Aren't Much Better
Nearly two years before a new food-labeling rule takes effect, unhealthy trans fats are already beginning to disappear from many popular foods. That shift is generally good news for consumers, but it makes it more important than ever to read food labels.
While some food companies have switched to unsaturated "good" fats or new high-tech oils that can boost the proportion of heart-healthy fats in a food, others are substituting highly saturated fats that aren't much healthier than the trans fats they replace.
Remember when 'heart healthy' margarine was all the rage - with every 'authority' from the AHA to noted nutritionists and your local doc were exhorting the switch to margarine - loaded with trans-fats and hydrogenized oils, of course - all now on the official no-no lists.
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