Trans Fat Ban
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Trans Fat Ban
I'll just post the link, not the full story
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15020846/
Basically NY is considering banning trans fat use by restaurants. I personally find it a little ridiculous. Anyone who goes into a dunkin donuts should be properly informed what is in the donut, but I don't think the restaurants should be banned from using a perfectly legal ingredient to protect people from themselves. I rarely eat donuts, although they are probably my favorite thing in the world, but when I'm ready to have one, I shouldn't have this kind of impedement. It reminds me of the movie Demolition Man, where all kinds of things, including kissing and eating bad foods is illegal. It's just going too far.
This isn't even the same f-ing ballpark as the smoking ban, either. If I sit and eat a trans fat filled donut, it's not like some of the trans fats escape my mouth and crawl into the person sitting next to me.
Then again, maybe I just don't fully understand how bad trans fats are, and if they really can be easily substituted..
What do you lot think?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15020846/
Basically NY is considering banning trans fat use by restaurants. I personally find it a little ridiculous. Anyone who goes into a dunkin donuts should be properly informed what is in the donut, but I don't think the restaurants should be banned from using a perfectly legal ingredient to protect people from themselves. I rarely eat donuts, although they are probably my favorite thing in the world, but when I'm ready to have one, I shouldn't have this kind of impedement. It reminds me of the movie Demolition Man, where all kinds of things, including kissing and eating bad foods is illegal. It's just going too far.
This isn't even the same f-ing ballpark as the smoking ban, either. If I sit and eat a trans fat filled donut, it's not like some of the trans fats escape my mouth and crawl into the person sitting next to me.
Then again, maybe I just don't fully understand how bad trans fats are, and if they really can be easily substituted..
What do you lot think?
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trans fat is really bad.
I go out of my way to avoid this stuff. I'd rather eat 100 gram of saturated fats than 1 gram of trans fat - I'm not kidding.
If not outright ban, then I think the restaurants should be required to disclosed in big signs that they use trans fat.
I go out of my way to avoid this stuff. I'd rather eat 100 gram of saturated fats than 1 gram of trans fat - I'm not kidding.
If not outright ban, then I think the restaurants should be required to disclosed in big signs that they use trans fat.
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Originally Posted by S2020,Sep 27 2006, 10:42 AM
trans fat is really bad.
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From: newcastle wa
just like wildncrazy said why is tobacco still legal and trying to make trans fat illegal. restaurants should have signs or menu should should more information. this country is going crazy. get bush out of the damn house.