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Sorry Taj for the confusion.
Transfats are the leading contributor to Heart Desease in this country. I am not sure how Europe does it, but America requires labels on all food and nutrition information to 'help' us make better choices.
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/backgrounders/foodlabel/newlabel.htmlThey are also required to list ALL ingrediants on the label in decending order. Meaning the first ingrediant has the highest amount per serving and the last has the lowest.
It is said that if the first 5 ingredants are one or more of these five things.... you should not eat it.
Sugar (white)
Enriched Floor (they have to put minerals back in because they were all lost during processing)
Partially Hydrogenated Oils (a food perservative. They add oxygen to the oil to make the food last long. They body cannot digest it but holds onto it)
Anything ending is rose, dextrose, succrose, etc.
Transfat
Does that help? I am up for a nutrition lesson anytime. I have really done a lot of research and educational classes as my father was very sick recently and we almost lost him. so I decided that I needed to be more conscious and take better care of myself and help to educate him to do the same. We spent a couple hours in the grocery store where I taught him about the labels and making better choices. The labels have changed a lot over the past couple of years and there is more info then ever on them. Food Chains are also required to have the information available on all items they serve. My dad is doing better. He is walking for the first time in 4 months!Â
