Sun, Feb-29-04, 16:44
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Plan: Atkins/Protein Power
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Location: Triangle NC
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Originally Posted by Lisa N
I recently read in another post that a study was published in 1997 in the New England Journal of Medicine that showed that consuming as little as 1 gram of transfat per day over a period of 10 years conferred a 20% increase in risk for cardiovascular disease and that the average person consumed at least 10 grams of transfat per day. That's a little scary.  |
I agree....but I think that estimate is low. It's hard to figure how much we take in is trans-fat, mainly because they don't list amounts. Once the labeling changes, without modifications, I think we'd find we take in at least double that. The "average" person that is.
And I think that's the real reason behind the companies all talking about cutting the trans fats! They don't want us to know just how much we've been ingesting. And neither does the USDA, since they've been subsidizing it. |