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Damaging fats

Calls to eradicate trans fats as bad for heart health

Posted in Diet, Government action on 19th January, 2010 | no responses

The UK Faculty of Public Health is urging ministers to eradicate artificial trans fatty acids, which are used to increase a food’s shelf life, from the British diet to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. The faculty, which represents 3,300 doctors and health specialists in the NHS, local government and research, says trans fats increase the chances of a heart attack by boosting the levels of ‘bad”‘cholesterol.

Professor Alan Maryon-Davis, the faculty’s president, said: ‘Trans fats are much less well-known than saturated fats but are much more damaging. They are very bad for the heart, play a key role in the UK’s very high levels of heart disease and contribute to a large number of the excess coronary deaths we have in this country.’

Source: The Telegraph, 18 January 2010.

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