Buyer beware: "Trans fat free" doesn't = healthy

At this point most food companies (the smart ones anyway) are avoiding trans fats like the plague, and the latest fad in product labeling has become the catch phrase "Trans Fat Free." Thank goodness for truth in advertising! Well, sort of -- you still have to be careful. Although it is great that trans fats are being eliminated from the American diet, you have to wonder: what's filling the gap?

Saturated fat, that's what. It's been around forever, and now it's making a sneaky comeback. Of course not all foods that say "trans fat free" are full of saturated fat instead, but fair warning that many of them are. Eating healthy is about the whole package, and understanding well-rounded good nutrition is becoming more and more important everyday.