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Louisville-based chain KFC said all 5,500 of its U.S.

restaurants have stopped frying chicken in artery-clogging trans fat, AP reported, adding that the company had said in October that it was switching to a new soybean oil believed to be less likely to cause heart disease.

The chain will absorb the additional expense of the new cooking oil, which won't change the fried chicken's flavor, a KFC spokesman told AP.

Taco Bell said all 4,200 single-brand Taco Bells were converted to a canola oil, and all 1,400 multibrand locations switched to a soybean oil.

Taco Bell said it's working to remove all trans fat from all its ingredients.

The company said it began the conversion from partially hydrogenated oil in November 2006 following more than two years of consumer testing.

The chains are subsidiaries of Louisville-based Yum Brands Inc., whose brands also include Pizza Hut, Long John Silver's and A&W All-American Food Restaurants.

Other companies including Wendy's International Inc.

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Certainly since moving to Andalucia and adopting the Mediteranean diet myself I have never been so healthy or managed to maintain my ideal weight so easily.

Of course in addition to all the healthy components of this diet there is the added fact that honey is often used in place of sugar and little refined carbohydrates are eaten.

All in all most experts now agree that the Mediterranean diet is the optimum diet.

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