Why All People Are Firing Trans Fats Now?

On Tuesday (December 5, 2006), New York has become the first city in United States to ban artery-clogging artificial trans fats at restaurants, as voted by New York’s Health Board. Restaurants must stop using most frying oils containing artificial trans fats by July and artificial trans fats must be eliminated from all restaurants foods by July 2008. It is expected that more and more cities in United States and around the world will follow suit. Gradually, trans fats will be eliminated from virtually all edible foods. In 1950s and 1960s, trans fat was hailed as a healthy replacement for saturated fat in butter and animal fat. It was also used because of its ability to extend shelf life for products. 30 years later, why it is now crowned as a bad stuff that could sh View the rest of this article