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Trans Fats [97] (IP: --.dial.mts.net)
by Leslie Gillies lgillies@mts.net on Sunday February 15, 2004 05:36PM

How can Health Canada defend their decision to allow Trans Fats in our people's food simply by labelling the food. How many 8 year olds are going to check their labels when they have a toonie in their hand at the snack counter? None.
This substance is not recognized as food by the human body and has been linked to health conditions that never existed before such as Type 2 Diabetes in children and until recently, unexplainable high cholesterol levels in adults who were exercising and thought they were eating healthy diets.
In locations where fresh food is difficult to obtain, such as First Nations communities, the only choice available to the people is food loaded with partially hydrogenated and hydrogenated fats (Trans Fats) because it has a long shelf life. It's no wonder there are so many chronic health problems in these areas.
If food producers are told to eliminate Trans Fats from their products, they will deal with it.
If food producers are not told to eliminate Trans Fats, our already over-burdened Health Care system will deal with it.

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