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10 Foods That May Be Better For You In 2014

10 Foods That May Be Better For You In 2014

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The Food and Drug Administration has announced it plans to require elimination of trans fats from food products in hopes that doing so will prevent 20,000 heart attacks and 7,000 heart disease deaths each year. It’s time to see which products just might be getting a teeny bit heart-healthier.

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1. Coffee Creamer
The FDA site lists many types of coffee creamers that contain trans fat.

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2. Microwave Popcorn
It might be time to start looking at some of the more healthy products. The double movie theater butter version is likely loaded with trans fat.

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3. Crackers
Anything with a super-long shelf life, including many types of crackers, include these bad fats.

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4. Frozen Pizza
Ditto for frozen pizzas – you didn’t actually think those dehydrated meats and processed cheese could be good for?

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5. Donuts
Mmmmm donuts. Yup some of these glazed goodies could be banned with their current recipes.

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6. Fake Butter
It might be time to return to using traditional butter again as stick margarine (think Crisco) and vegetable shortening would be on the banned list.

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7. Easy-bake cinnamon rolls
Take-and-bake dough products – like those buttery biscuits and yummy cinnamon rolls – would be on the chopping block using current ingredients.

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8. Frosting
And so would the ready-to-use frosting that goes on top.

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9. Chicken nuggets, burgers and fries
This one is pretty obvious, but many fast food chains use plenty of trans fats in their cooking, so get ready for a slightly different-flavored French fries.

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10. Frozen Pies
Frozen treats like pies, which also have long shelf lives, could have a different flavor with the new FDA requirements.