Tag Archives: Trans fat

FDA Bans Trans Fats in Market Foods

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Seems nearly everyone is kicking the bucket thanks to heart attacks and strokes nowadays. Part of the reason may be the high level of trans fats in processed carbohydrates found at all convenience...

FDA, Michelle Obama Team Up To Overhaul Nutrition Labels

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The FDA is proposing a major overhaul to nutrition labels, to make them more user-friendly and reflective of the latest nutrition science. The new labels will include information about added sugars...

Trans Fat Needs To Go Completely

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The FDA has issued a Federal Register notice with its preliminary determination that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) are no longer "generally recognized as safe." The FDA already declared war on...

Microwave Popcorn to Lose Trans Fats

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The makers of microwave popcorn are facing a tough road ahead. The thing is that it is the Trans Fats that make the microwavable popcorn delicious to eat. Take that very unhealthy component away and...

Microwave Popcorn Faces Trans Fats Free Future

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Microwave Popcorn is a very convenient invention. You put the flat bag into the Microwave and boom you get a full hot bag of fresh popcorn. There might be just one problem. Trans Fats.  The U.S...