In a fellow classmates blog, she talks about lawmakers passing a bill that would prohibit us and specific groups from eating certain food items.
http://brandyssdrost.blogspot.com/2011/05/government-is-telling-us-what-to-eat.html
I would have to agree with my colleague that this would be a ridiculous law to pass. Things concerning what we do, or put in our body, isn't something the government should decided. Yes research shows that trans fat are linked to heart disease deaths every year, but what it doesn't tell us is that it is the cause of these heart disease.
If your just tying things together, then anything in the world can give you a disease, cancer, or any other illness. It seems that it's just another thing that the government and its lobbyist are trying to push because they are getting paid by other food industry to push a certain market. The banning of trans fat food in places will not stop people from eating at home. I would like to see the statics showing where these people spent time eating their whole life. My guess is not everyone can afford to eat out, or buy and eat a whole tub of popcorn. 30,000 ties compared to a whole nation isn't much proof of anything.
If you want to improve health, why not start by hiring more teachers and teaching kids about health. Next thing people will start to panic about is how genetically alter food is bad for you, and that everything must go organic. That is if the organic company can pay lobbyist enough to push such a thing.
Overall the government cannot dictate what we can or should not eat. Without physical evidence that trans fat is the causes of these death, we can't just assume if something might be bad for us that it is. If the government is concern with our public health, why not promote something more physically active for people. Make it a law and mandate that people get off their asses and work out.
