They want to take your doughnuts!!!!!
NEW YORK - 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.
Artificial trans fats are found in some shortenings, margarine and frying oils and turn up in foods from pie crusts to french fries to doughnuts.
This may sound like a silly and frivilous topic, but think about it. Many cities have alrady banned smoking on a large scale, even in bars and the like. Now they want to tell us what to eat and cook with? Sorry guys, but it doesn't wash. Making the GOVERNMENT responsible for INDIVIDUAL HEALTH is just asking for it. And that's what such laws would do.
I'm the first to say that we eat too many fried foods, and foods that contain too many not-so-nice-for-the-body ingredients. I also feel that smoking is a nasty, nasty habit, and a bad health decision. But that's just it; it's a decision! A choice! You have as much of a right to trash out your body as you do to keep it clean. And IMO, you don't have the right to sue the makers of your cigs, super-sized meals, and beer for "making you sick/fat/etc" after choosing to consume them. Sorry, last time I checked we were people, not lemmings.
But I'm digressing. I'm really struggling to understand how such drivel could even make it to the point of consideration for approval. The smoking issue was at least understandable; second-hand smoke IS an issue, though I do believe it could have been handled better. But this is a foodstuff! And not even one specific to the industry; I've got a can of shortening in the cabinet right now- can't fry chicken without it:)! Is it bad for us? Yeah, but I'm bot eating trans-fatty acids at every meal! And no one else should be either! It's not like telling places they can't use it is going to magically shrink the population or stop heart disease.
Instead of trying to tell us what we can and can't do to our body, why don't they spend more money/time educating the public on nutrition and health? And not the radical ads like the Truth smoking ads, or the ads for this pill, that pill. Real nutrition info. 'Cause the average person doesn't read the ingredients list on foods anymore. For example, a serving of coke and an equal serving of OJ have about the same calories. And unless you are really picky about your OJ, about the same nutritional value. So is it still better to get a glass of OJ? Yes, because you aren't getting nearly as many "artificial ingrediaents." But if you buy the average big name OJ brand, your still getting just as much sugar, mostly added.
We don't need laws dictating the grease McDonalds fries our food in. We need to understand why eating McDonalds food every day (like so many do) is bad for us.
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.
Artificial trans fats are found in some shortenings, margarine and frying oils and turn up in foods from pie crusts to french fries to doughnuts.
This may sound like a silly and frivilous topic, but think about it. Many cities have alrady banned smoking on a large scale, even in bars and the like. Now they want to tell us what to eat and cook with? Sorry guys, but it doesn't wash. Making the GOVERNMENT responsible for INDIVIDUAL HEALTH is just asking for it. And that's what such laws would do.
I'm the first to say that we eat too many fried foods, and foods that contain too many not-so-nice-for-the-body ingredients. I also feel that smoking is a nasty, nasty habit, and a bad health decision. But that's just it; it's a decision! A choice! You have as much of a right to trash out your body as you do to keep it clean. And IMO, you don't have the right to sue the makers of your cigs, super-sized meals, and beer for "making you sick/fat/etc" after choosing to consume them. Sorry, last time I checked we were people, not lemmings.
But I'm digressing. I'm really struggling to understand how such drivel could even make it to the point of consideration for approval. The smoking issue was at least understandable; second-hand smoke IS an issue, though I do believe it could have been handled better. But this is a foodstuff! And not even one specific to the industry; I've got a can of shortening in the cabinet right now- can't fry chicken without it:)! Is it bad for us? Yeah, but I'm bot eating trans-fatty acids at every meal! And no one else should be either! It's not like telling places they can't use it is going to magically shrink the population or stop heart disease.
Instead of trying to tell us what we can and can't do to our body, why don't they spend more money/time educating the public on nutrition and health? And not the radical ads like the Truth smoking ads, or the ads for this pill, that pill. Real nutrition info. 'Cause the average person doesn't read the ingredients list on foods anymore. For example, a serving of coke and an equal serving of OJ have about the same calories. And unless you are really picky about your OJ, about the same nutritional value. So is it still better to get a glass of OJ? Yes, because you aren't getting nearly as many "artificial ingrediaents." But if you buy the average big name OJ brand, your still getting just as much sugar, mostly added.
We don't need laws dictating the grease McDonalds fries our food in. We need to understand why eating McDonalds food every day (like so many do) is bad for us.