[FairfieldLife] Re: Will California Indian restaurants go out of business Friday?

2009-12-28 Thread ShempMcGurk
Why? Is Ghee a trans fat? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > Coming to a state near you soon: > > "SACRAMENTO — California will bar restaurants from cooking with trans > fat beginning New Year's Day, becoming the first state to crack down on > the substance tied to cl

[FairfieldLife] Re: Will California Indian restaurants go out of business Friday?

2009-12-29 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" wrote: > > Why? Is Ghee a trans fat? > > My wild guess: it's rather far from being one... :0

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Will California Indian restaurants go out of business Friday?

2009-12-28 Thread Bhairitu
"Trans fat, a known trigger for heart attacks, causing thousands of premature deaths globally every year, has been found in tremendously high quantities in almost all popular Indian cooking oils." "Interestingly, the lowest trans fats level was found in desi ghee and in Amul butter — 5.3% and 3.