I have not checked this out but thought provoking.
Where there is a willl...?
RB
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q..._uids=16674878
1: Ugeskr Laeger. 2006 Apr 24;168(17):1654-7. Links
[High levels of industrially produced trans fatty acids in popular fast food - but not in Denmark--secondary publication]
[Article in Danish]
* Stender S,
* Dyerberg J,
* Bysted A,
* Leth T,
* Astrup AV.
Amtssygehuset i Gentofte, Klinisk-biokemisk Afdeling, Hellerup.
stst@gentoftehosp.kbhamt.dk
An intake of trans-fatty acids of 5 grams per day is associated with an increase of 25% in the risk of ischemic heart disease. In 2004 Denmark, as the first country in the world, introduced a limitation on the content of industrially produced trans-fatty acids in foods. The amount in a "high-trans menu" consisting of popular foods was, from 2001 to 2005, reduced in Denmark from 30 g to <1 g. The amount in the same menu bought in countries within and outside the European Union is 20-40 g. During a period of just a few years, Denmark has thus eliminated a risk factor for ischemic heart disease without noticeable side effects for consumers. This risk factor is, however, still present in many other countries.
PMID: 16674878 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]