Coconut and coconut oil are finally breaking out from underneath the negative cloud from the past few decades of “no-fat” craziness. Pure virgin coconut oil is the absolute healthiest oil you can consume, beating out other inferior, vegetable oils that contain trans-fat. Coconuts are the new cool!
Regulation Of Trans Fats
Should we regulate the amount of trans fats contained in the food we eat? A Canadian government task force on trans fats is recommending that all vegetable oils and spreadable margarines have the trans fat content limited to 2% of the total fat content and all other foods be limited to a maximum of 5% of total fat content. These new regulations would decrease the average trans fat intake by at least 55%.
What are trans fats? Fatty acids in foods are made up of polyunsatura…