What do you do about trans fats?
It seems the message on trans fats is not getting through. If it is, most people seem to be ignoring it anyway. There's just no helping some people. It would seem that the initiatives against trans fats recently recommended by the World Health Organization will be needed since simple consumer education is insufficient.
Trans fat is formed when liquid oils are partially hydrogenated in order to make them into solid fats like shortening and hard margarine. The process increases the shelf life and flavor stability of foods. These qualitues make their use attractive to food maufacturers so they tend to use them in preference to natural fats and oils. This might not seem so bad, except for the fact that trans fats are devastatingly bad for health. No let me say that more correctly, trans fats cause disease.