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World Health Organization wants to ban food with high trans fat worldwide
Fox 4 KC ^ | 5/28/18

Posted on 05/30/2018 2:01:56 AM PDT by Libloather

NEW YORK — The World Health Organization wants to eliminate artificial trans fats from the global food supply and has a step-by-step strategy on how to do so by 2023.

The organization launched a new initiative in hopes of helping countries kick the trans fat habit.

The artificial fatty acids are made when vegetable oil hardens in a process called hydrogenation and are used in everything from fried foods to snack foods and baked goods.

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And once they're banned, the ozone hole will shrink.
1 posted on 05/30/2018 2:01:56 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

I thought libs liked trans things.


2 posted on 05/30/2018 2:03:58 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Libloather

I’m no great fan of the WHO, but trans fats cause real problems.

They’re a frankenfood that should have never been recognized as safe. They’re extremely rare in nature and have never been a significant part of the diet for any species on the planet.

They’re structurally the same as saturated fats, but they’re not. They end up in cell membranes, taking the place of saturated fats, but don’t react chemically the way they should, causing any number of metabolic issues.

But I don’t think we’re likely to see much of a benefit from a ban because the manufacturers have developed new processes to turn cheap industrial seed oils into shelf-stable fats that don’t involve hydrogenation, but do create new types of far that have never existed in nature.

What could go wrong?


3 posted on 05/30/2018 2:18:52 AM PDT by jdege
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To: Libloather

Just what some poor character needs while starving in Somalia - a Nanny State lecture on proper nutrition.


4 posted on 05/30/2018 2:35:39 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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They’re a frankenfood that should have never been recognized as safe. They’re extremely rare in nature and have never been a significant part of the diet for any species on the planet.

Correct!

5 posted on 05/30/2018 2:39:34 AM PDT by Doofer
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I wonder if they could use them to build bricks for housing construction. Just kidding. No wait. Could they?!


6 posted on 05/30/2018 3:19:29 AM PDT by Trumpet 1 (US Constitution is my guide.)
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To: Libloather

WHO?

We need to divorce ourselves from all foreign/One World organizations.


7 posted on 05/30/2018 3:37:28 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
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To: Libloather

But they don’t name the trans fats.


8 posted on 05/30/2018 4:06:36 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Libloather

And how many divisions has the WHO?


9 posted on 05/30/2018 4:06:37 AM PDT by oblomov
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To: jdege

It’s so much easier and healthier to just eat fresh food instead of the garbage that trans-fats are used in.

What many people do not know is that trans fat content in food that is less than 0.5 g per serving may be rounded down on the product ingredients label to zero.

If there is “partially hydrogenated” anything in the list of ingredients, then the item contains trans-fats.


10 posted on 05/30/2018 4:11:05 AM PDT by oblomov
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To: jdege

Good points. I agree.


11 posted on 05/30/2018 4:11:44 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: Libloather

“Once we ban trans fat, the rest of banning food will become...a piece of cake.”

YYYYEEEEAAAAHHHH


12 posted on 05/30/2018 4:29:18 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Democracy: The cliff's edge of Marxism)
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To: jdege

When people are starving, they aren’t going to care what they put in their mouths.

And that includes us.

Not to mention the obvious nanny-state issues with government regulating what we eat.


13 posted on 05/30/2018 4:42:29 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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hydrogenation is bad for you, causes free radicals, etc.

My problem with banning them is that this will be just a first step in controlling what you may eat and how much. Insurance companies will raise your rates just for eating buttered popcorn, or a gram over your mayonnaise allowance...

14 posted on 05/30/2018 4:47:20 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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I don’t think that’s true. That’s like saying you can’t eat poison mushrooms, so we’re going to ban all mushrooms.

Slowly there is growing recognition that government food policies have been disastrous. It’s not a partisan issue. Bad science is bad science, even if it was “settled” 50 years ago...


15 posted on 05/30/2018 4:54:07 AM PDT by JusPasenThru (We have a mental health problem disguised as a gun problem.)
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To: Libloather

Gee whiz...lot of content in that story.


16 posted on 05/30/2018 4:55:36 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: jdege

They usually replace them with interesterified fats which are even worse.

Fats go rancid fairly quickly. The industry needs stable fats, unfortunately this is done through manipulation of the chemical structure.


17 posted on 05/30/2018 5:01:05 AM PDT by NorthstarMom
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To: Libloather

Didn’t the government say for about fifty years that if you eat butter, your arteries would harden into licorice ropes, and that healthy margarine (trans fat) was the way to go? Sorry if I’m unimpressed.


18 posted on 05/30/2018 6:43:32 AM PDT by Rinnwald
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Ban it. . .I need my government over-lords to protect me from myself!!


19 posted on 05/30/2018 7:03:26 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: oblomov

Yes and likely bland and/or boring.

I like foods that are not good for you. I am not a child that requires government over-lords to protect me.

I know what is “healthy” and what is not. I make a choice and the over-lords should not think for a moment that they control me.


20 posted on 05/30/2018 7:07:00 AM PDT by Hulka
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