Maggie's Farm

The trans-fat debate lacks one important thing; facts. There is zero evidence that trans-fats cause deaths, illness or shortens life. The so-called evidence is based on an assumption and then the statistics are created out of this assumption. Basically they assume that trans-fats cause a certain percentage of heart attacks and then calculate what that number of deaths would be if the assumption is correct. No where do they mention that since trans-fats have been introduced into our food supply that deaths from heart disease have decreased. Every U.S. citizen today has been consuming trans-fats their entire life and during that period life expectancies have been increasing every year. where is the evidence to support the trans-fat ban?

The problem for consumers is that the fats that will replace the trans-fats are more expensive and in some cases less appealing. The result will be that many common foods on the supermarket shelf today will have much shorter shelf lives and will lose taste appeal.

The FDA has been infiltrated by food bigots who for their own reasons hate trans-fats. No science is needed for them to make this decision, in their view trans-fats are not "natural" so therefore they must be banned. The very same people who banned large soft drinks and salt etc. want to ban trans-fats.

The major causes of death in the 1st world are heart disease, cancer and stroke in that order. Many agendized groups jump on this to blame their favorite villain, usually fats or prepared foods. The top ten causes of death in the 3rd world are typically diseases that we in the 1st world prevent with vaccinations or cure with medicine. But in the 3rd world most people simply don't live long enough to die of old age. What do you die from in old age??? Heart disease, cancer and strokes!