I went to a medical seminar on Friday, and some new data was brought up
on the new substitute fats that some food manufacturers are using instead of transfats.

These newer fats are called interesterfied fats, and are now in cookies,cakes, donuts, some peanut butters.

Here is an article:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0116131545.htm

These fats were shown in humans to raise blood sugar by 20%.

So read labels carefully. Also the recommended adult amount of transfat now is 2 grams a day. Labels that say Zero Transfats can do that if the transfat content of the product is below .5gm /serving. They are allowed to round down.

So if labels say partially hydrogenated oils are in the product, and the label itself says 0 transfats, you may be getting some. This is esp important for kids, who are smaller and who will be affected more by the transfat.

another link:
http://www.stop-trans-fat.com/interesterified-fat.html