PUBLICATION: Globe & Mail
DATE: May 16, 1994
AUTHOR: Lauraan Neergaard, Associated Press
Oft-ignored Vegetable Fat May be a Killer
Processed-food ingredient could double heart-attack risk, report says

Washington, DC -- A startling report out of Harvard University says a little-known type of fat that lurks in margarine and other processed foods could be responsible for 30,000 of the United State's annual heart-disease deaths.

"Will people be shocked? I suspect so," said Dr. Walter Willett, Harvard's nutrition chief and a renowned researcher on diet and heart disease. "Many people who are trying to make good nutritional decisions for themselves and their kids are being grossly misled."
 
 
   
   


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