transfats

Ok, I'll say it: I still use butter. It's light butter, and it's mixed with canola oil, but it's still butter. Ever since margarine betrayed me with ... Read More »

With all the bad press trans fats are getting these days it seems the most popular food labels in the grocery store are the ones screaming "Zero Trans ... Read More »

I get a little peeved when I see food labels that are somehow deceptive -- for example, a food label that has very few calories in a serving but if ... Read More »

The big news in my neck of the woods is that the Calgary Stampede starts tomorrow -- it's a 10-day long fair of sorts that pretty much takes over the ... Read More »

It may seem like since we're hearing about trans fat bans on new products on an almost daily basis, there must be practically none left out there. It ... Read More »

Applebee's is now a safer place to eat. After the trans fat ban in New York and Philadelphia that prompted major chains like McDonalds and Starbucks ... Read More »

Burger King is being sued by a consumer advocacy group that dislikes the chain's use of trans fats in its foods. While I applaud the use of trans ... Read More »

And another one bites the dust! Yum Brands, Inc. announced this week that two of it's restaurants -- KFC and Taco Bell -- have switched to trans ... Read More »

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 ... Read More »

Trans fats, saturated fats, unsaturated fats, poly and monounsaturated fats, good fats, bad fats...not only are there a lot of different kinds of ... Read More »