Trans fat limits lead to healthier foods

By : Christina Thomas | 0 Comments | On : March 26, 2013 | Category : Food news, Health News

Holy fish sticks! Scientists finally have some good news about fat in our foods.

Contrary to fears, most food manufacturers and restaurants did not just swap one bad ingredient for another when they trimmed artery-clogging trans fats from products and menus, an analysis finds.

Even the french fry, a longtime dietary scourge, got a healthier remake. But theres still room for improvement, particularly for some items sold in supermarkets, which replaced heart-damaging trans fat with its unhealthy cousin, saturated fat.

A Harvard researcher and a consumer advocacy group examined 83 foods that had a makeover since 2006. That year the federal government began requiring food labels to list the amount of trans fat in packaged products and New York City became the first of several cities to phase them out in restaurants.

Read more: foodhealthnews.com – Trans fat limits lead to healthier foods

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