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CBHD: Olive Oil and Ethics - Donal P. O'Mathuna On November 1, 2004, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that containers of olive oil, and certain foods containing olive oil, may add a health claim to their labels.1 In essence, olive oil labels may now state that replacing saturated fats (SFA) with a similar amount of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) from olive oil may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. The announcement can be welcomed to the extent that it encourages better eating patterns and healthier diets. Coronary heart disease caused over half a million deaths in the US in 2001—about 20 percent of all deaths. While bioethics is known to address cutting-edge, life-and-death issues, more mundane decisions made in kitchens and restaurants around the world are contributing to crippling disabilities and thousands of daily deaths. The loss of vitality and life due to heart disease needs to be viewed through the lens of stewardship. Do our daily decisions respect the gift of life that we have been given? Issues of diet and obesity have reached crisis stage. It may seem ironic that at the same time as obesity has become a bigger problem, studies report that Americans have decreased the proportion of dietary fat from 40% to about 32%.2 What is often ignored is that the actual per capita consumption of fat and simple sugars has increased every year since 1975. Full Article: http://www.cbhd.org/resources/healthcare/omathuna_2004-12-03.htm |
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2006 Ethics-Governance.com |
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