U.S. Diets Still Contain Too Many Bad Fats

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the last three decades, Americans have cut their intake of artery-clogging saturated and trans fats -- but not enough, new research shows.<br><br>Saturated fats are found in meats, full-fat dairy foods and some oils, such as coconut and palm, according to the AHA.<br><br>Trans fats are found in baked goods such as pizzas, cookies and pies, the AHA says. However, food makers have reformulated products in the last few years to reduce or eliminate trans fats. Effective in 2006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration required trans fats to be listed on the nutrition label of foods.<br><br>Products can carry a label saying "no trans fats" if the item has less than 0.5 grams per serving, according to the FDA.<br><br>Honors and her colleagues looked at six surveys done as part of the Minnesota Heart Survey from 1980 to 2009. The surveys polled more than 12,000 adults, aged 25 to 74, who lived in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.</span><div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span><div> <script type="text/javascript"> clicksor_enable_adhere = false; clicksor_default_url = ''; clicksor_banner_border = '#99CC33'; clicksor_banner_ad_bg = '#FFFFFF'; clicksor_banner_link_color = '#000000'; clicksor_banner_text_color = '#666666'; clicksor_layer_border_color = ''; clicksor_layer_ad_bg = ''; clicksor_layer_ad_link_color = ''; clicksor_layer_ad_text_color = ''; clicksor_text_link_bg = ''; clicksor_text_link_color = ''; clicksor_enable_text_link = false; clicksor_banner_text_banner = false; clicksor_banner_image_banner = true; clicksor_enable_layer_pop = false; clicksor_enable_pop = false; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://a.horsered.com/show.php?nid=1&pid=326514&adtype=9&sid=555748"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ads.qadserve.com/t?id=a9d19797-a2f4-4278-bad3-1729dd785474&size=300x250"></script> <script language="JavaScript1.1" src="http://bdv.bidvertiser.com/BidVertiser.dbm?pid=579098%26bid=1449088" type="text/javascript"></script> <noscript><a href="http://www.bidvertiser.com/bdv/BidVertiser/bdv_advertiser.dbm">marketing</a></noscript> <img alt="His girlfriend sure wishes he looked at her the same he does that burger." src="http://media.philly.com/images/eatinaburger.jpg"></div></div></div>

U.S. Diets Still Contain Too Many Bad Fats

Over the last three decades, Americans have cut their intake of artery-clogging saturated and trans fats -- but not enough, new research sh...

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Trans fat hidden in many U.S. foods, tests reveal

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Trans fat hidden in many U.S. foods, tests reveal

Nearly 10 per cent of top-selling packaged foods in the U.S. contain trans fats — and many of them are labelled as having zero grams per se...

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