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FDA to ban artery-clogging trans fats
Heart-clogging trans fats have been slowly disappearing from grocery aisles and restaurant menus in the last decade. Now, the Food and Drug Administration is finishing the job.
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Next up high fructose corn syrup....
The problem here is incomplete labeling. Just force the companies to clearly label that it includes it, and let the consumer decide.
You could argue for this kind of approach if you trust the government to always get it right in terms of what the 'bad' or 'unhealthy' things are. But looking at the history of bad advice that has come from goverenment health agencies about diet over the years... yeah, this kind of approach is worrying in that context.