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New York turns its back on bad fat

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San Francisco : CA : USA | about 1 year ago  
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THE Big Apple is now trans-fat-free.

New York's ban on trans-fats in restaurants, which took full effect yesterday, is the first of its kind among major US cities.

The move follows the city's 2003 ban on public smoking.

Artificial trans-fats give chips their crunch and pie crusts their flakiness.

Chefs have been figuring out how it was done before trans-fats came into wide use during World War II, when margarine became a substitute for rationed butter and Crisco became a staple in US kitchens.

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Posted By citizenjournal citizenjournal | 10 months ago
this is an interesting post. Especially the two photos.
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Posted By mominasheikh mominasheikh | 10 months ago
Junk food making the biggest nation of world into the fatest!
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Posted By clayrung clayrung | 8 months ago
That’s a brilliant move, if something is no more widely available you naturally stop having it eventually.
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