date:Jun 15, 2012
l items sold in grocery stores are not included, but local food shops would have to provide labels concerning certain trans-fat-containing ingredients used to make foods in-store.
Evidence has mounted over the past 20 years that artificial trans fats raise low-density lipoprotein (LDL, or bad cholesterol) and lower high-density lipoprotein (HDL, or good cholesterol), thereby clogging arteries and causing heart disease. However, trans fats in the form of partially hydrogenated oils are attractiv