Web www.englishdaily626.com   [ Movie Reviews | Common Sentences | Glossary of Correct Usage | High School Vocab | Questions & Answers | Sample Letters ] [ Movies Lines | Advertisements | Words Differentiation | Common Errors | Songs | Links ] <<Prev Voa, Cbs, Fox, Cnn Next>>     TOEFL Vocabulary   English Daily Conversation   Learn grammar by example   Learn American idioms       By now, most of us know, we should avoid food containing artery-clogging trans fat. But New York city is taking it a step further. Today, New York's health commissioner urged all of the cities 20,000 restaurants to voluntarily stop using it. Trans fat which is basically a chemically modified butter substitute is considered but doctors and nutritionists to be a leading culprit in heart disease. New York's health commissioner goes so far as to compare to asbestos and lead in terms of its threat to public health. And despite warnings from the federal government about the danger of trans fat, city food inspectors found up to 60% of New York restaurants are using it to cook with. New York won't outright ban the use of trans fat but it is trying to educate the food industry about how to live without it. Some restaurants have already given it up but they find that healthier substitutes like butter and canola oil are more expensive. New York - famous for fighting crime - now also a leader in fighting fat. It is now the first major American city to launch a campaign against trans fat.           trans fat   A type of fat created when oils are hydrogenated, which chemically transforms them from their normal liquid state (at room temperature) into solids.       canola oil   Canola Oil is made from rape seeds and is also known as rapeseed oil or lear oil. Canola oil is lower in saturated fat than any other oil, has a high smoke point and its mild flavor makes it a good choice for salad dressings as well as cooking.             01   02    03    04    05    06    07    08    09    10    11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26    27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   51   52   53   54   55   56   57   58   59   60   61   62   63   64   65   66   67   68   69   70   71  72   73   74   75     Common English mistakes   Ancient Chinese stories   Learn English Proverbs   American Slang expressions

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