Friday, July 14, 2006

Dietary fats: the good, bad and worst

What works great in the kitchen doesn't always work so well in your body. In the culinary arts, fats make food taste good. In the medical arts, it isn’t so simple. Some fats, namely mono- and polyunsaturated fats, are good for long-term health. Other fats, namely saturated and trans fats, aren’t so good and, in fact, can be downright unhealthy. The collision between what’s good in the kitchen and what’s good in the body poses problems for restaurants across the country.


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