Trans fats were highlighted as a health problem over 40 years ago, as Nina Planck mentions in Real Food, but intense scrutiny did not occur until two decades later, and trans fats have been broadly identified as a health concern only within the past few years.
It’s a sign of progress that the topic now appears on the daily comics page, in a comic strip that usually mediates meditates on the importance of little pink socks.
Never underestimate what you can learn from a little black and white cat: Ask about trans fats.
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