Ban trans fats? Only if you’re already bloated.
It looks like Ald. Ed Burke is going to introduce an amended version of his bill banning trans fats. This version would exempt small businesses, mom-and-pop operations from the ban. Apparently, trans fats are only bad for you when you’re already bloated, like McDonalds Corp.
Seriously, first foie gras and now this? Does it seem to anyone else like the City Council should spend a little less time worrying about what’s going into our mouths and a little more time worrying about what comes out of theirs? Can this really be the most pressing issue facing the City Council??
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They should spend more time trying to help kids live healthier lives, so that when these kids grow up they won’t have idiotic alderman coming up with idiotic bills banning trans fats.
I don’t think City Counsel is supposed to be capitalized. City *Council*, on the other hand…
Actually, City Counsel might want to be capitalized, they earned the title… But they probably shouldn’t be making decisions for the City Council. :)
HEy, don’t be ignorant. Why not research the thing that you’re complaining about? Trans-fats, or “hydrogenated oil” as it’s known as, is a synthetic oil that’s made by pressurizing vegetable or animal oil with hydrogen until it becomes three times as dense. It’s “solid” at room temperature, making it very similar in consistency to silly putty or a soft plastic.
Seriously, this stuff is gross. It’s used by food companies because it’s cheap and has a long shelf-life. This type of oil is disgusting and doesn’t occur in nature. Eating as little as 5 grams of it a day has been found to increase heart disease risk by 25%. IT can easily be substituted by cooking oils which are just as greasy but non-hydrogenated.
HEy, don’t be ignorant. Why not research the thing that you’re complaining about? Trans-fats, or “hydrogenated oil” as it’s known as, is a synthetic oil that’s made by pressurizing vegetable or animal oil with hydrogen until it becomes three times as dense. It’s “solid” at room temperature, making it very similar in consistency to silly putty or a soft plastic.
Seriously, this stuff is gross. It’s used by food companies because it’s cheap and has a long shelf-life. This type of oil is disgusting and doesn’t occur in nature. Eating as little as 5 grams of it a day has been found to increase heart disease risk by 25%. IT can easily be substituted by cooking oils which are just as greasy but non-hydrogenated.
Of *course* trans-fats are bad. That’s a given… however, I don’t think it’s the City Council’s job to “protect” adults from their own bad habits. And did *you* research what *you* are complaining about? The City Council’s resolution wouldn’t have banned *all* trans-fats… in fact, it would make exceptions for many restaurants. Seriously, the point wasn’t that trans-fats are good. The point it that the city council should have better things to do than passing lame-duck bills about non-issues. Geesh.