On Oct 19, 2:19 pm, Dan Abel > wrote:
> In article .com>,
> Bobo Bonobo(R) > wrote:
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>
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> > On Oct 18, 6:13 pm, Dan Abel > wrote:
> > > In article .com>,
> > > Bobo Bonobo(R) > wrote:
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> > > > Loopy? There are much calmer voices out there with the same agenda:
> > > >http://www.newstarget.com/021542.html
>
> > > Do you consider, "are you feeding your family poison?"
> > > to be a calmer voice?
>
> > Calmer than mine.
> > > I predict based on my experience but absolutely no knowledge, that
> > > within five years it will be "discovered" that trans fats are no more
> > > harmful than other saturated (naturally hydrogenated) fats that they
> > > resemble.
>
> > Are you intentionally trying to look stupid?
>
> No, I can do that without effort.
>
> > People who predict based
> > on "absolutely no knowledge" are just talking crap.
>
> Well, at least you admit it.
>
> > Do you know what
> > the prefixes *trans* and *cis* mean? At least get a little knowledge.
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_fats
>
> A "little" knowledge is right. Wikipedia is notoriously unreliable.
> When they include disclaimers for major portions of the article, saying
> that they will be whacked out if the authors don't provide reliable
> citations, I have to take the article with a grain of salt.
>
> Don't get me wrong. Trans-fats should not be part of a regular diet.
> They are at least as bad as other saturated fats, and maybe worse.
> Still, I ate a one pound steak a couple of weeks ago, with other
> saturated fats. I do this a couple of times a year. That isn't going
> to kill me, at least not soon. Still, I minimize my consumption of
> saturated fats, including trans-fats. It just isn't healthy. An
> occasional use of saturated fats, including trans-fats, won't hurt me if
> I consume a smaller portion, or don't indulge very often.

No. They are not "at least as bad as other saturated fats, and maybe
worse." They are WAY, WAY WORSE! What you wrote is what so many
people commonly believe, or at least used to believe. A stick of
butter is probably better for you than a little pat of stick
margarine, and butter is immensely pleasurable.

It is ridiculous that they still allow that crap in food.

--Bryan