Bob

Well just caught the tail end of the local news that Brookline were going to vote on whether or not to ban transfats from public eateries in the town, and if it goes through, it'll be the third city along with NYC and Pittsburgh I think was the other cities.

So what do you think of that? A good or bad thing? Realistic? Something that should be spread to other cities or not?

loopylorns

To be honest the whole trans/sat fat does my head in and I just try to eat mainly fresh foods but guessing it can only be a good thing really.

Duncan Roberts

Eating fresh foods doesn't really do a whole lot in terms of regulating your intake of saturated/trans fat. I think banning trans is pretty dumb because it's naturally in things like meat and dairy products. Maybe banning partially hydrogenated vegetable oil is a better move because something stupid like 95% of trans fat we eat is from those.

Bob

I think that's where the ban is for...and might not be a bad thing, considering how many people eat in fast food joints these days, and the frequency in which they eat there.

dbj1000

Wow! Duncan, just read your blog. That's really tough being diagnosed with diabetes so young. I can certainly see why you're careful with your diet.

Old William

Actually what they (in the US) really do need to ban from foods is High Fructose Corn Syrup.

snowbunny

Bingo!

And I have the perfect neocon spin story: we need the corn for the alcogas.

Old William

Or maybe they are hoping to siphon off the excess fat caused by HFCS from peoples bodies as a petroleum replacement?

dbj1000

Great idea! Like in Fight Club, where they make soap out of liposuction fat. Genius!

Irn-bru

Then you could market it "original scent soaps"..curry, chips..
could catch on

englishnurse

hehe may open my own factory, i could keep it going myself for a while

mind you, ive said it before and i will say it again, if people are determined they will eat all kinds of shite, banning this type of fat in food wont help that much, balanced diet, without much junk and a decent amount of exercise is the only way really
less in, more out.

something i have a problem with

snowbunny

Agreed but when your food choices are very limited due to the manufacturers banging HCFS into everything how easy is it?

If you would like to be my spa cook please enquire within, my husband only eats meat and potatoes and is slim.

englishnurse

loosing weight is never easy, anything that helps must be a bonus i suppose

dont you hate those darned skinny men who eat loads and stay slim, I am married to one,

dbj1000

If you haven't seen the movie, you'll have missed the scene where they're stealing plastic bags of liposuction fat from the hospital biohazard disposal, and a bag rips and pours all over Edward Norton's head.

In the original book them members of Fight Club not only make soap out of liposuction fat, but then go out of their way to make sure that they market it back to the same women it came from!

Irn-bru

no haven't seen the movie and now I don't want too!!