On Tue, 6 Feb 2018 23:22:05 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On 6 Feb 2018 21:11:10 GMT, notbob wrote:
>
>> On 2018-02-06, Ophelia > wrote:
>>
>>> NEVER margarine and I don't really know what crisco is
>>
>> Crisco is hydrogenated vegetable oil. Basically, Crisco is mostly
>> transfat, much like margarine.
>
>Which is completely wrong. Crisco contains no partially hydrogenated
>fats and 0% trans fats. And has been like that for several years.
>Same with margarines and spreads.
>
>Almost all products out there have been reformulating to exclude
>PHO's, as will be law here in a few months.
>
>> But, like Nestle's, Crisco has been heavily advertised fer decades, so
>> it continues to sell well in the USA. Real handy fer Monsanto.
>
>Monsanto has nothing to do with trans fats. In fact, Monsanto
>benefits greatly from the trans fats ban. Some would even say the
>were the ones that crafted the ban on trans fats.
>
>Notbob - always on the cutting edge of nutrition news and rants.
>
>-sw

there's no use in trying to overcome the long-held bugaboos. It's a
comfortable response that just pops out