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Rudy H from Winnipeg, Canada writes: Must be a slow news day. Bring out the transfat article.
- Posted 20/12/07 at 1:01 PM EDT | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
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Raj Rama from Toronto, Canada writes: It is great to see prevention being more of a priority. We applaud Sally Brown, CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada for their efforts to identify success and failures by the private and public sectors. Poor diet is very harmful, especially to Canada's youth!
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Mark H from Columbus, IN, United States writes: Maybe all those trans fats are why Whoppers are so tasty.
- Posted 20/12/07 at 1:15 PM EDT | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
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Counterspinner tells the truth from Canada writes: Is it just me or is this trans fat thing overblown? People seem to treat it as if it is arsenic in the food. Prior to this, I and everybody else has been eating trans fats and we haven't been dropping dead. Maybe this is a symptom of fear mongering in general where society is made afraid of everything....
- Posted 20/12/07 at 1:45 PM EDT | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
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Hart Oldenburg from winnipeg, Canada writes: Trans fat a loner? Never, it's with carbohydrates and starchy vegetables. Ban them too!
Will percentage reduction bring down obesity? Your guess is as good as mine or are we being conned once again?- Posted 20/12/07 at 2:36 PM EDT | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
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Anthony B from Sydney, NS, Canada writes: Take the trans fats out of junk food .....and it's still junk food.
- Posted 20/12/07 at 9:08 PM EDT | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
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The Oracle from Caiman Islands, Canada writes: Denmark made it illegal. What is Harper waiting for?
- Posted 20/12/07 at 9:37 PM EDT | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
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J D from Calgary, Canada writes: Slow news day? Fear mongering? There is recent evidence that specifically targets trans-fats as harmful. Every effort should be made to remove them from foods that we eat.
- Posted 20/12/07 at 9:38 PM EDT | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
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Ross Avery from Guelph, Canada writes: Canadians are among the highest consumers of trans fat in the world. There are four high quality epidemiological studies looking at the association of trans fat to heart disease and they are quite consistent. I think it helps to see some numbers to grasp the significance of this problem. A decrease in trans fat consumption of 2% of total energy, which is approx. equivalent to eliminating them from the Canadian diet, is estimated to decrease the incidence of heart attacks by about 23%. It is quite possible to eliminate trans fat from a nations diet; Denmark provides a good example that it can be done. So if the government acted to protect the health of Canadians through legislation eliminating trans fat they could prevent a significant percentage of heart attacks.
- Posted 20/12/07 at 11:26 PM EDT | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
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