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The Food and Drug Administration, a government agency, has already taken a stand when they required that the presence of trans fats must be stated on food labels. Scientific evidence and statistics have pointed to trans fats being responsible for the rise in heart disease since the second world war when hydrogenation was first used in food processing. The facts are there; trans fats are not healthy. This should be obvious to anyone who cares to read and do the research.

Should they be banned? Yes, I believe they should be banned. Please notice the name of the government agency named above; Food and Drug Administration. We depend on our government to regulate our prescription medications and our food supply already. Many unsuspecting consumers with limited funds, perhaps even government issued food stamps with which to purchase their daily bread, buy products that are slowly killing them. The government subsidizes our food producers, then issue food stamps to citizens for purchasing this food and in effect are participating in the the process of causing disease and the early death of its citizens. Then they subsidize the medical care for these citizens with federally funded insurance. Taxes pay for all of this!

It is not a "big brother" telling us what to do or not to do situation. It is a matter of economics and accountability within the food producing industry. It is plain common sense to stop paying our food industry to make people sick and then turn around and pay the medical establishment to fix them.

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