Over the years, technology and advancement have been taking its toll in making the world a much better place to live in, doing their best to have everything at reach our of sheer convenience. Along with these advancement, food have been taking its toll as well, now that we have ready-made microwavable and ready to cook meals, life is definitely easier. Although these mutations made people's lives easier what we don't know is that it can have some serious side effects. One of these ingredients, the trans fats are responsible for making the food much tasty, vivid in colour, and prolong self-life. However, further studies linked it to memory loss over time.
University of California at San Diego, US lead researcher Dr. Beatrice Golomb made a statement regarding trans fats as per The EIN News Desk, Food & Drug Administration News Today stating that: "Trans-fats were most strongly linked to worse memory in men during their high productivity years. Trans-fat consumption has previously shown adverse associations to behaviour and mood - other pillars of brain function. However, to our knowledge a relation to memory or cognition had not been shown."
She added: "As I tell patients, while trans-fats increase the shelf life of foods, they reduce the shelf life of people." We have significantly reduced levels of artificial trans fats in foods by working with industry. The latest data show that the daily intake of trans-fats in the UK was below 1% of food energy, in line with expert advice. Tackling obesity and improving people's health through good nutrition continues to be a major priority for this Government."
Though the battle of food and health have been very crucial over the years, nutritionists and doctors have been fighting for a healthier option GMO free meals over the years.
As per Mirror, Doctor and Nutritionist at Public Health England, Dr. Alison Tedstone also stated that: "Our surveys show that intakes of trans fats continue to fall in the UK and are well within recommended levels. This reflects the positive efforts of food manufacturers and retailers to remove artificial trans fats from their products. The majority of trans fat in our diets now comes from natural sources in meat and milk."
