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Prohibition of the addition of bad fat |
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Monday, 03 May 2010 |
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The elimination of the food additive trans-fatty acids would prevent thousands of deaths each year - say British experts in the pages of the British Medical Journal
Specialists in the field of public health tend to withdraw from the UK market for foods containing industrially derived trans - it is to become the next year. This trans-fatty acids that arise, inter alia, in the manufacture of margarine, it is also added to biscuits, cakes and food, "fast food". Small amounts are also naturally present in dairy products and meat. Industrially produced trans products provide a constant texture and prolonging their life, but have no nutritional value. Trans raise the level of "bad cholesterol" - low density lipoprotein (LDL) levels, while decreasing the level of "good cholesterol" - high-density lipoprotein (HDL). People with high levels of LDL and low HDL are more susceptible to heart disease. The authors point out in the BMJ that the prohibitions in Denmark and New York effectively eliminate trans, and the food has not ceased to be widely available, not rocketed or worsened the taste. There began to be added to foods or saturated fats. According to published calculations, reducing the consumption of trans isomers of 1 percent of daily energy needs in 1911 could prevent 000 heart attacks and 7,000 deaths in England alone. In addition, the initiative would inspire the British to ban other countries. |
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