What are you Eating?
Research has shown that excessive amounts of trans fats can increase the risk of coronary artery disease. Following Denmark, the New York City Board of Health has recently (officially) made enormous efforts in order to reduce the intake of trans fats. The Board of Health has recently instated a requirement that restaurants in NYC reduce the amount of [industrially produced] trans fatty acids to <0.5g per serving. The NYC Board of Health is hoping that by reducing the amount of trans fatty acids in restaurant food, the public will lower it's intake and therefore lower the incidence of coronary events.
What does this mean?
Studies has shown that currently the average intake of trans fats is approximately 2.6% of total caloric intake meaning that for a daily diet of 2000cal individuals are consuming approximately 6g (5g of which are industrially produced).
The American Heart Association recommends limiting the intake of trans fatty acids to 1% of daily caloric intake.
Did you know?
Deep-fried fast food products may include up to 10g+ of trans fatty acids per serving! However, bakery products and packaged snack foods are considered to be the majority of trans fats intake in s typical American diet.
Yikes!
Source:
The Medical Letter: On Drugs and Therapeutics
4 comments:
Please keep spreading the word on this subject. I'm convinced if we want people to be healthier, we need to begin with asking the food industry to provide healthy, delicious products. It can be done and it should be done.
Onehealthpro
I agree with OHP. I hat having to spend the farm just to but food that's low sodium, and low trans fat(fat in general). The progress in this area is sloooooowwww.
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