1. 30-60% of restaurants would need to change habits but will be impossible to do without changing the taste or raising costs
2. Development for trans-fat-free recipes takes lost of testing and years to form a suitable recipe.
3. FDA already has a broad impact on the processed food sold in supermarkets
4. Trans fat has only had life threatening effects on people who consumed excessive amounts
5. Many studies have been done with subjects who consume much greater amounts of trans fat than a normal person; no studies have been done on a person who consumes the average intake.
6. Supplies are becoming increasingly harder to get and more expensive.
7. The current intake of trans fat is only 1.5-2% (down from a previous 4.6%)
8. Gain from reduced intake may not be so great as some might hope
9. Much of the responsibility has to be on the person. Restaurants cannot take the blame for the obesity epidemic. Ultimately, each person decides what he/she eats, and how often and how much.
10. People eat more saturated fat (13%) than trans fat (2.6%)
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Your argument is very strong! Great facts, good luck with your paper!
Great facts. I think this info will definitely make your paper strong and they seem like they come from various reliable sources. They're really convincing to make people agree with you. After reading these facts I realized how much trans fat was a problem for American citizens. Great jobb!
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