berita kesihatan dari California

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Di bawah adalah berita kesihatan dari California. Kerajaannya telah mengharamkan penggunaan trans fat di dalam penyediaan makanan. Nama lain bagi trans fat adalah HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL.

Kandungannya mempunyai kimia bernama hexane seperti yang terdapat dalam diesel. Ia menyebabkan bengkak saluran darah, menyebabkan saluran darah tersumbat dan menyebabkan plaque di atas permukaan dinding saluran darah. Akibatnya, jantung sentiasa terpaksa kerja kuat untuk pam darah ke seluruh badan.

Kalau membeli apa-apa makanan seperti cokelat, makanan sudah proses, makanan siap masak masak dan sebagainya di supermarket, harap baca label dan lihat jika ada HYDROGENATED OIL. Jika ada, tinggalkan dan cari alternatif.

Tiada makanan yang lebih sihat daripada makanan segar yang dimasak di rumah, buah-buahan tempatan dan air putih.

Semoga sahabat-sahabat semua menjadi lebih sihat dan panjang umur.

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Saturday July 26, 2008
Trans fats banned in California restaurant food
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation on Friday making California the first U.S. state to prohibit restaurants from preparing food with trans fats, which clog arteries and raise the risk of heart disease.

The bill will be phased in starting in 2010 across California, a trend-setting state where diet-conscious legislation has been gaining momentum in recent years.

New York City and Philadelphia are among other U.S. jurisdictions with laws banning trans fats.

"California is a leader in promoting health and nutrition, and I am pleased to continue that tradition by being the first state in the nation to phase out trans fats," said Schwarzenegger, a former bodybuilding champion.

"Consuming trans fat is linked to coronary heart disease, and today we are taking a strong step toward creating a healthier future for California," he added.

Last October, Schwarzenegger signed a bill banning artificial trans fats in food served at public schools.

California Restaurant Association members will comply with the new law, said spokesman Daniel Conway. "Many of them are already voluntarily moving away from the use of trans fats," he said.

The association opposed the legislation because it believes such rules should be made at the federal level by agencies such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Conway said.
Trans fats are used in fried foods as an alternative to other healthier oils that break down faster under high temperatures, and in baked goods to extend their shelf life.

The consumption of trans fats -- often in the form of partially hydrogenated vegetable oils -- increases the risk of coronary heart disease, according to health authorities.

McDonald's Corp, the world's biggest restaurant company, will have phased out the use of trans fats at its restaurants before the California bill goes into effect, said spokeswoman Danya Proud.

"We will be in compliance by the end of 2008," Proud said, noting baked goods at McDonald's restaurants in the United States should be trans fat-free by the end of this year.
Fried menu items at McDonald's restaurants in the United States are no longer prepared using trans fats, Proud said.

Wendy's, the third-largest hamburger chain, switched to trans fat-free cooking oil in 2006.
Yum Brands Inc's KFC and Taco Bell chains in the United States completed such a switch last year.

Burger King Holdings Inc, the second-largest burger chain, has promised to switch its U.S. outlets to trans fat-free oils by year-end.

(Additional reporting by Lisa Baertlein in Los Angeles)

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