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Uh-oh, Oreos

The Trans Fats Debate

By Kelly Burgess

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Family Fats
Some of the first finger foods a child eats are dried cereal and crackers. As they get a little more competent with chewing, graham crackers, wafer-type cookies and animal crackers are a staple in almost any diaper bag. These can prove to be a life-saver for a mom trying to finish her shopping or get through a church service or run a few errands, but most of these products can be detrimental to your child's long-term health.

Cookies, crackers and microwave popcorn are the biggest carriers of trans fats. Gerber teething biscuits are 40 percent trans fat. Many cereals, even those we think of as healthful, like Wheaties, are made with partially hydrogenated oils. And while original Cheerios doesn't have trans fats, Multi-Grain Cheerios, which many people buy thinking, mistakenly, that they're a more healthful alternative, do.

Even before they can ingest it themselves, trans fats can already be building up in a child's system. Mary G. Enig is a nutritionist widely known for her research on the nutritional aspects of fats and oils; a consultant, clinician and the director of the Nutritional Sciences Division of Enig Associates, Inc. in Silver Spring, Md.; was one of the first anti-trans fats activists and is nationally recognized as the leading expert on the subject.


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