Maryland legislator seeks to ban trans fat: NewsTarget.com

Following in the footsteps of New York City, a Maryland delegate has proposed legislation to ban trans fats in the Old Line State.

The legislation comes from Democrat James W. Hubbard, whose recent bill in Maryland’s House of Delegates would ban restaurants from serving foods with more than a half-gram of trans fat per serving.

Trans fats are an unsaturated fat that today is often created commercially from hydrogenated plant oils. While small amounts of trans fat occur naturally in cows and other animals, trans fats are an unnecessary part of food, and considered a heart health risk.

"Legislation efforts to ban trans fats are sweeping our nation, and that's a good thing for public health," said consumer health advocate Mike Adams, author of "Poison In the Food," a book about hydrogenated oils. "The more cities and states enact these bans, the more pressure it places on corporations like McDonald's to clean up their act and stop harming their customers' health with artificial ingredients known to be damaging to human health."

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