Anyone else watch The Biggest Loser?

Ironically New York is the first state in the country to ban the use of trans fats. He has a NY T-shirt in the before shot. This show focuses on the importance of nutritional education and regular exercise (something lacking in our nation of abundance and creature comforts). Trans fats are not the reason that anybody is fat. An unbalanced intake/burning of calories is what causes obesity. Trans fats are great for helping one to develop heart disease so I do try to avoid them. Having said that, it is a little troubling that a state is banning these fats to protect it's population. I would imagine that cigarettes cause just as much, if not more, damage to cardiovascular systems but somehow they are still legal. It bothers me when the state begins to limit what people are eating...this is not a mood altering drug we are talking about, it's a food.

Ironically New York is the first state in the country to ban the use of trans fats. He has a NY T-shirt in the before shot. This show focuses on the importance of nutritional education and regular exercise (something lacking in our nation of abundance and creature comforts). Trans fats are not the reason that anybody is fat. An unbalanced intake/burning of calories is what causes obesity. Trans fats are great for helping one to develop heart disease so I do try to avoid them. Having said that, it is a little troubling that a state is banning these fats to protect it's population. I would imagine that cigarettes cause just as much, if not more, damage to cardiovascular systems but somehow they are still legal. It bothers me when the state begins to limit what people are eating...this is not a mood altering drug we are talking about, it's a food.