They’re coming for our trans fat — are salt and soda next? Not necessarily

Published 10:01 am Monday, November 11, 2013

WASHINGTON — They are among our most personal daily decisions: what to eat or drink. Maybe what to inhale.

Now that the government’s banning trans fat, does that mean it’s revving up to take away our choice to consume all sorts of other unhealthy stuff?

What about salt? Soda? Cigarettes?

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Nah.

In the tug-of-war between public health and personal freedom, the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to ban trans fats barely rates a ripple.