NYC may ban trans fat

I don't think the health department has any say on what shops should be using for cooking if it is not going to kill you like poison.

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn10178

Trans fat is cheaper to use than butter or other types of fat. Plus, people like the extra fat. Tough shit.

NYC should mind it's own business and let people eat whatever they want. They are overstepping a major boundary.

Said By PropellerHed

NYC should mind it's own business and let people eat whatever they want. They are overstepping a major boundary.

I seriously doubt it will happen in NYC. Let my Canolis be! Of course, if this did happen it might be a good thing. I bet lots of bakery owners and other chefs will leave the city, lemmie tell ya, maui's been much better off since a guy from the Bronx opened up a pizza resteraunt in Wailuku. Now I can get excellent meatball sandwhiches, lasagne, canolis, cheesecake, etc any time i want!

It's amusing, you know this whole thing was spurred by people who could not control what they ate and decided "Why am I worried about this? The government should do all my thinking for me!" and went on a crusade to save their obvious stupidity. I remember having to do an essay last year for english about a possible 'Fat tax', a tax for foods high in fat. The obvious problem with the government regulating this thing for the dumbass people who have no self-control is that, as was suggested, the people who make the foods with trans fat will move if they can. Thus, they remove the food from the area. All the food places that stay there will've obviously had to change to a non trans fat which is more expensive. The food prices go up, as can be expected, and suddenly the poor have nothing to eat.

At least, that's the problem with a fat tax. You can only influence people with money to purchase healthier foods by raising the price of unhealthy food. You just screw the people who can't afford either