Cholesterol

(I don’t have time to pack lunch most days, so I grab whatever’s fast, and because I’m a reporter, cheap.)A clerk at the counter said he didn’t think the switch-over had taken place.“Are you sure?

” I asked.

“Back in January the company announced it would roll out transfat-free oils.

It’s nearly May.”With that he went into the back and returned with a large box containing oil labeled as partially hydrogenated soybean oil and partially hydrogenated corn oil.“I think these probably have transfats,” he said.Essential fatty acids, contained primarily in polyunsaturated oils, are important nutrients.

Hydrogenated oils, on the other hand, contain high levels of transfats which increase the body’s level of bad (Reporters may not make a lot of moola, but they lead exciting lives, including calling Fortune 500 companies.)“What questions do you have?

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