I didn’t really get tuned in to the evils of trans fats until about six months ago, and that eye-opener came as a result of something Russell LaForte said at a meeting. Since then I’ve scoured labels on everything I eat and feed my family. It’s bad stuff and we eat a lot of it (see what the FDA says, or google “trans fat”). So, it was with great interest and pleasure that I read a story in Sunday’s Galveston County Daily News “Trans fat and Texans: A parting of ways?” It says New York City ordered restaurants to eliminate trans fat from all the meals they serve. The FDA warns that there is “no safe amount” of this artificial fat in packaged goods at your grocery. If Brad Chandler has his way, Texans will be eating healthier; at least those who dine at UTMB’s cafeterias or who receive meals while patients here already do. “We banned trans fats from both cafeteria and in-room meals about seven months ago,” said Chandler, our director of nutrition services. Read the whole story…