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"To get rich, never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth."

-Richard Baker, American Congressman

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

The Twinkie Tax and Trans Fats

There is an article in today's Miami Herald that discusses a growing trend among companies seeking healthier employees.

"After L.L. Bean increased the price for burgers and lowered the price for salads in its cafeteria, fruit and salad bar purchases doubled while fries and burger sales fell by half."

Read the Herald article here.

New York City's Board of Health has just banned trans fats:

"The new requirements will mean that the city’s 20,000 food establishments, from high-end bistros to neighborhood delis, will be barred from using most frying oils containing artificial trans fats by July 1, 2007, and will have to eliminate the artificial trans fats from all of their foods by July 1, 2008. The establishments have to switch to oils, margarines and shortening that meet the limits and bring their menus into compliance."

Read the New York Times article here.

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