Scientists have found that most manufacturers of food and restaurants have not just swap a bad on the other with the ingredients they artery-clogging fat TRANS menus and products.
A researcher from Harvard and a consumer group came to the conclusion that even the French of fries get a remake in better health. However, there is still room for improvement, in particular for some articles, which sold the heart-damaging TRANS with its unhealthy cousin in supermarkets, fat, saturated fat replaces.
The team examined 83 food makeovers had since 2006. This year was when food labels are the Federal Government in the packaged products to the amount of trans fats to demand and the city of New York was the first of several cities in them gradually in restaurants.
Trans fats are created when hydrogen hardening liquid oils will be added to their cooking or to extend the life. Restaurants and food manufacturers tinkering with different cooking substitutes oils, fats, trying not to endanger the texture and taste.
Items in supermarkets and food restaurant for the fat content enabled Harvard researcher Dr. Darius Mozaffarian and the Center for Science in the public interest. Products such as margarine, junk food, bakery and recovery of five popular chains.
The team has no own chemical tests. Instead, it uses food and drug administration of databases, information, and brochures from the industry, to instead determination of fat and saturated fat, trans.
Results were published journal of medicine Thursday in a letter to the New England.
Almost all of the foods, analyzed free or mainly free of trans fat. Many shops and restaurants, not their saturated fat boost where they cut trans fats. Sixty percent of supermarket products and 90% of the prices restaurant saturates included were lower, unchanged or only slightly higher than before.
"Companies can have their food, a healthy balance of fat, almost always formulate" Executive Director CSPI Michael Jacobson told the associated press.
The team no details of the winners available, because they said that they want to publish the results later.
Dr. David Heber, head of the UCLA Center for human consumption, said it simply because the trans fats are gone food gluttony does not mean that they are in good health.
"Trans fat or not, a donut is still a doughnut.". "Even Homer Simpson save me on this" Heber, who had no connection with the research, told AP.
The American Heart Association recommends that people to limit trans fat less than 2 grams per day, based on a 2,000 calorie per day diet with less than 16 grams of saturated fat.
Two foundations funded the report.
CSPI made headlines as the "food police" popcorn-theatre film and Fettuccine Alfredo. The Foundation has pushed Government restrictions on trans fatty acids.