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Originally Posted by tryreading  I do everything for myself, that's why I'm familiar with trans fats and other saturated fats, whether man-made or not.
Trans fat is a contaminant in food that 'will kill us or make us real sick.' The people who sell it don't necessarily care what it does to the average American. They may only care that it saves them money. So what you end up with is people harming other people without telling them about it. Nothing wrong with regulating that. |
It's not poisonous, it's definitely bad for you in large quantities, but it's not like it's arsenic . Trans fats were used because of their higher breakdown temperature made them ideal, but we are now finding that continuous intake of these fats is very bad for you and we're already moving away from it. The market forces have taken over and it doesn't take much to avoid trans fats these days. It's so not in "everything" like you seem to believe, and it's not like no one is saying anything about...like you seem to believe. It's out there, don't want trans fats...don't buy products with trans fats in there. Too lazy/stupid to do the research? Eat trans fats and get out of the gene pool. Government isn't here to save you from yourself. It's not like any of this information is hard to find or process. Restaurants will tell you if something has trans fats (most don't use them...hell even the fast food companies like Burger King have moved away from it...should maybe tell you a thing or two about market forces), it's on packaging of items you buy (not even Doritos has trans fat....Doritos man, those things are terrible for you and they don't use it), it's where you need to find it. There's no problem, it's already been taken care of. People found out how bad it was, people stopped buying it, companies and restaurants changed to recapture those people. Done and done.