NYC eyes ban on restaurant trans fats

NEW YORK (AP) -- Three years after the city banned smoking in restaurants, health officials are talking about prohibiting something they say is almost as bad: artificial trans fatty acids.

"The city health department unveiled a proposal Tuesday that would bar cooks at any of the city's 24,600 food service establishments from using ingredients that contain the artery-clogging substance, commonly listed on food labels as partially hydrogenated oil."

CNN: NYC eyes ban on restaurant trans fats

This is great there are many studies out that claim this is the worst thing a person could eat.  The body doesn't know what to do with it other than coat your veins with plaque.

 

Type 2 Diabetes That Develops Early More Likely To Worsen

     People who develop type 2 diabetes when they're younger than 50 years of age are more likely to experience a worsening of their disease than those diagnosed at an older age, according to research presented in Copenhagen at
the 42nd annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.

     Dr. Targ Elgzyri from Lund University, Malmo, Sweden, who presented the data, told Reuters Health: "The idea of the study came when we found, as previously shown, a progressive rise in HbA1c over time in newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes despite different modes of therapy."
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Type 2 Diabetes That Develops Early More Likely To Worsen