Fat. Fat. Fat. Fat. By RAYMOND SOKOLOV July 27, 2006; Page A12 Fat-lovers all over Chicago are quivering like jelly, from their 24-inch necks to their long-lost-from-view ankles. Why? Alderman Edward M. Burke has proposed an ordinance banning restaurant chains from cooking with oils containing trans fats. Windy City high-on-the-hoggers have already been hit with an aldermanic ordinance banning foie gras in restaurants. Now this. So begins an expose of the continued use of "gazillions of gallons" trans fats in the restaurant and fast food industry to improve shelf life of their products . Mr Sokolov fails to mention that substititutes are widely available but more expensive. And in a classic line that I hope to quote in all talks about trans fats he asks "What if arsenic also conferred profitable advantages to margarine or potato chips? Clearly we would ban its use , he states. Bravo, Raymond Sokolov that is an elegant way to put it. I wholeheartedly agree. Trans fats how

Health Is Wealth: McDonald’s Transfat Settlement – We the People Say No.

Health Is Wealth: MCDONALD’S TRANSFAT LAWSUIT Aug 2005 TESTIMONY

McDonald’s Transfat Settlement – We the People Say No. LEGAL WEBSITE FOR ALL DETAILS--www.tfasettlement.com On August 24 in Marin County California a Final Fairness Hearing is scheduled in the case of BANTRANSFATS.COM and Katherine D. Fettke, an individual and all others similarly situated vs. McDonald’s Corporation. FOR LEGAL DETAILS OF LAWSUIT and settlement visit www.tfasettlement.com. This is my non-legal interpretation as a doctor. I believe that the settlement is not in the public interest. I will be traveling from North Dakota to Marin County, to speak up against it as a concerned doctor. Join me. According to the original lawsuit McDonald’s in September 2002 in a huge multimedia event, successfully proclaimed to the whole world that it was going to in the words of it CEO “do the right thing” and take a “major step towards the elimination of TFA’s from its cooking oil” used to fry French fries, hash browns, chicken, fish etc. McDonald’s Europe “already has attained comparative

Life Span is dropping- specially among Indians Life span in America is dropping. We Indians are dramatically affected. Pop along with the Trans Fatty Acids hidden in fast food, franchise restaurant food, school and employee cafeteria food and many items in our grocery stores, are major culprits. They are indeed quite a one two punch straight to our gut. They attack us together, often on the same fast food or school cafeteria tray. At issue for Indians in addition is continued use by many Bakeries, Halwais, Chatwallas (papri, alloo tikki, jalebi, mutthee, gulab jamun etc) and some restaurants including fast food restaurants such as Haldiram/s, KFC, McDonald’s among others and Pizza places of this industrially manufactured harmful food ingredient. Most New York Halwais and also Chicago and elsewhere use Vanaspati. It’s cheaper for them but we pay the price. Transfats have been categorically proven to increase heart attacks and heart arrhythmias; to cause poorer pregnancy outcomes by incr

McDonald’s Transfat Settlement Aug 24 2005  SUCCESS FDA MOVES FOR TOTAL BAN We Say No. Our life span is dropping. On August 24, 9.30 am in Room H, Marin County Superior Court in San Rafael, California a Final Fairness Hearing is scheduled in the case of BANTRANSFATS.COM and Katherine D. Fettke, and others similarly situated vs. McDonald’s Corporation. (www.tfasettlement.com) Sept 2002, the lawsuit states, McDonald’s, in a publicity blitz, proclaimed to the world it was going to “do the right thing” and take a “major step towards the elimination of TFA’s from its cooking oil” used to fry French fries, hash browns, chicken and fish. The world was impressed. McDonald’s Europe had “attained comparable levels” of TFA’s already, said the McDonald’s CEO. McDonald’s aspired to be a guardian of the public’s health as “the first national quick serve restaurant (QSR) to set a goal of eliminating TFA’s in cooking oil” and serving “the highest quality ingredients” quoting Mike Roberts, it

MCDONALD’S TRANSFAT LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT --- OBJECTION Aug 10 2005 2nd submission To Clerk of the Court, Superior Court of the State of California, County of Marin, Katherine D. Fettke v. McDonald’s Corporation. Case number CV 034828. BanTransFats.com v. McDonald’s Corporation . Case number CV 044109. I, the undersigned hereby solemnly affirm that I am a member of the class based on the fact that I purchased or ate Chicken McNuggets®, McChicken®, Filet-O-Fish®, or Crispy Chicken sandwiches, French fries, or hash browns at a McDonald’s restaurant in the U.S. after September 3, 2002 . I object to the settlement based on my beliefs that I have stated below VINOD K SETH MD FCCP, CLINICAL PROF OF MEDICINE, Univ of North Dakota SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, 1250 W Highland Acres Rd BISMARCK ND 58501 701 223 4234/ 701 426 4788 Facs 701 222 0712 and 701 255 2255 I again request the opportunity to testify in court personally on this issue on Aug 24th. Please find enclosed