In California in 2010 will by law from all artificial trans fatty acids are removed from food in restaurants, snack bars etc. The next year will also supermarkets selling food with trans fats tasks. …
Many trans fats are unhealthy and unnatural
Reason enough to realize that this bad fats from the food chain should urgently be taken.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California has approved this law Friday.
“It put us big step towards healthier future for California,”Schwarzenegger said at the signing. Because trans fatty acids, which occur when hydrogen is added to vegetable oil, increases the cholesterol. This will include obesity (overweight) but also for cardiovascular disease.
Heart Attacks
A study several years ago was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that the number of heart attacks with 6 to 19 percent declines as people no longer trans-fatty acids ingested.
California is the first state in the United States with such rules. Moreover, cities like New York and Philadelphia already had ban on trans fatty acids.
Why are trans fats bad?
Fats created by hydrogenation or hardening is widely used fat modification technology. Liquid oils are converted into (semi-) solid fats by the saturation of double bonds present in hydrogen. Not all trans fatty acids they ndus bad. There are also many natural species.
Where are often poor in trans fatty acids?
Bad trans fats are found in many fast food biscuits, some margarines and halvarines, snacks, candy, coffee powder, pizza, some hamburgers. Sometimes hidden in factory prepackaged uncooked bread or rolls.
View our table for overview of trans fatty acids
