to clarify what I wrote about hydrogenated oils.
first of all, I realize that the distinction I tried to draw is a bit fuzzy. but it seems that hydrogenation is not like cooking but really converts the oil chemically to something very different, thought the difference was not at first apparant.
but no, I dont want to tell you if you should eat margarine or not. I dont even mind so much that the sell plain margerine for you to eat, though I hope you wont.
but I dont want them used as an ingredient, just as I dont want iron filings to be used as an ingredient.
I do think we need an FDA though we can argue about what the limits of their power should be.
There is a lot of value judgment here rather than provable points so I will leave this off here.
as to whether we should tax food additives, I vote absolutely not.
I dont think I have more to say in this thread