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To the Editor: Industrially produced trans fatty acids in popular foods such as fast foods, cookies, cakes, and snacks¹ are gradually being replaced in the United States and Western Europe by other fatty acids because of societal pressure and legislative regulations.² This movement is driven by increasing scientific evidence of the harmful effects of industrially produced trans fatty acids on health, especially the increased risk of coronary heart disease,³ and by the lack of evidence of any beneficial health effects. The consumption of trans fatty acids is associated gram for gram with a greater risk of coronary heart disease than . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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