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    Posted: December 31 2014 at 12:48am
Regulation: Cures for cancer and Ebola having been found, the federal ubernannies have decreed that sprinkles should no longer adorn kids' ice cream because they contain the trans fat that liberal groups once pushed for.

Come the New Year, the Food and Drug Administration, ignoring the principle that in most cases it's the dose that defines the poison, will issue new regulations designed to remove even trace amounts of hydrogenate oils, commonly known as trans fats, from our diets.

Trans fats have been in our foods since the 1950s to increase shelf life and improve taste. A small amount appears naturally in some foods, but research has determined that large quantities of trans fats in one's diet can be dangerous for long-term health.

But so can large quantities of bacon, and no one has proposed banning bacon, at least not yet, but we're sure that thought has occurred to those who want 16-ounce soft drinks banned while forcing our children to eat cardboard school lunches.

Each American consumes a mere 1.3 grams of trans fats per day. That's roughly 0.6% of our total daily calories, and no research suggests that this poses a health risk. But that's not enough to dissuade the federal nannies from regulating even the most minute aspect of our daily lives.

The irony here is that trans fats were once pushed by liberal groups such as the Center for Science in the Public Interest. This poster child for the food police in 1988 published a book titled "Saturate Fat Attack" that condemned the use of saturated and polyunsaturated fats then in vogue. Food companies soon switched to trans fats, a move for which CSPI proudly took credit.



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The fda is too much of a nany and they did make a big mistake replacing healthy saturated fats with relatively unhealthy polyunsaturated fats and downright unhealthy trans fats.  Currently the FDAs stance on trans fats is that no amount is safe to consume. At least their attempts to limit it are consistent with their belief that it is unsafe to consume.

IMO very small amounts, like the amount that my kids get from the amount of sprinkles they eat in a years time, or the amount they eat from naturally occurring sources probably do not pose a risk. Of course, that small risk must be added to the risk they incur from eating all the other bad fats they get. I personally focus on trying to eliminate the PUFAs they eat in abundance and we have been able to cut out PUFAs by maybe half.

I do wish the FDA would be less of a nanny and let it be enough that they give advice even if it is often wrong. Mostly because I generally want to be left alone to make my own good or bad decisions and they make their rules completely inconsistently. Alcohol, tylenol, and mercury do far more harm each year than trans fats. So do PUFAs but the FDA seems to think they are actually good for people while at the same time they try to steer people away from all fats.
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