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Yes!

…If you’re in Denmark, that is.

In a recent study, researchers compared meals from McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken in 20 countries around the world, concentrating on levels of trans fatty acids.

The study concluded that “fast food from McDonald’s is healthiest in Denmark and worst in the United States.”

A meal of nuggets and fries contained 10.1 grams of trans fatty acids in the US, but just 0.33 grams in Denmark.

The low Danish levels are the result of low-fat legislation introduced in the year 2004. Under the new law, no more than two per cent of fats in foods sold to customers can be industrially produced transfats (trans fatty acids).

The KFC results were a little different. For a meal of nuggets and potato wedges, Germany came out on top (just 0.4 grams), and Hungary took last place (with a whopping 24.1 grams).

Source: IBNlive

Nancy wrote this on April 16th, 2006 and filed it under Healthy Living, Healthy Eating, Health Foods |