Reduce Trans Fats in Your Diet to Cut Heart Attack Risks
Cases of heart attacks and strokes is less common among people living in areas that restrict trans fats in foods compared to residents in areas without restrictions, says study.
Trans Fat May Weaken Memory in Young Men
Time and again, health experts have stated that trans fats are the worst type of fat. This time a study has found that consumption of higher amount of dietary trans fatty acids may lead to ...
High time we bid farewell to trans fats!
News has just come in that the FDA wants to eliminate trans fats from all foods, with the preliminary determination that they are no longer considered safe. About time that they took this step, considering ...
FDA Sets 2018 Deadline to Rid Foods of Trans Fats
Trans fats - a major contributor to heart disease in the United States - have already been substantially reduced in foods, but they still lurk in many popular products, including frostings, microwave popcorn, packaged pies, ...
What Does The Latest FSSAI Rule About Reducing Trans Fat Mean For Your Health?
The news of FSSAI reducing permissible limits of trans fat in edible oils (from 10% to 5%) is being applauded by health experts and consumers alike. But...
United States bans artery-clogging trans fat
News that the Food and Drug Administration will phase out artificial trans fats from foodstuffs nationwide is another win for a public health strategy pioneered by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.The fats were everywhere when ...
What will food without trans fats taste like? Just the same
Artificial trans fats -- widely considered the most dangerous of the so-called bad fats in the American diet -- were officially shown the door by the Food and Drug Administration this week, but the truth ...
Big Fat Surprise - Butter and Cheese are Not Bad for You
All my living years I was told that butter was bad, red meat was definitely harmful and if you ate deep fried food you were going to drastically reduce the time it would take to ...
Permitted Levels of Trans-Fat in Edible Oils Reduced: FSSAI
Recently the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has reduced permitted trans-fats content in edible fats and oils in the country from 10 to 5 per cent.
The Big 'Fat' Debate: A Friend in Finland, Enemy in India
Fat - is it still the enemy or now a friend? Opinions vary wildly.