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Partially Hydrogenated Oil Kills Americans and Aliens

DO NOT EAT Partially Hydrogenated Oils (a/k/a "Trans Fat").

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31 March 2005

Ban Trans Fats: The Campaign to Ban Partially Hydrogenated Oils

Ban Trans Fats: The Campaign to Ban Partially Hydrogenated Oils: "We have settled our lawsuit against McDonald's

Here is one of the huge number of e-mails that we received after the announcement of the McDonald's settlement that shows why we sued McDonald's:

'I wish I knew about this!!! I thought that McDonalds DID change from trans fat and that is why I have been eating there every week....damn it to hell!!'

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Food industry hungry for a new kind of fat

Under U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations, food processors will have to start labeling the amount of trans fats in their products by the start of 2006, and manufacturers are looking for alternative fats to keep that number as close to zero as possible.: "Food industry hungry for a new kind of fat"

Trans Fatty Acids and Coronary Heart Disease, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health

Trans Fatty Acids and Coronary Heart Disease, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health: " TRANS FATTY ACIDS AND CORONARY HEART DISEASE "

replacement of partially hydrogenated fat in the US diet with natural unhydrogenated vegetable oils could save 100,000 per year

replacement of partially hydrogenated fat in the US diet with natural unhydrogenated vegetable oils could save 100,000 per year

Canada may ban trans fat.

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