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Many nutrition hazards you read or hear about on the 11 o’clock news aren’t worth paying attention to, according to our experts. For example, avoiding trans-fatty acids (found in stick margarine) and tropical oils drew only moderate priority ratings from the nutrition authorities, despite their getting big play in the news, Again, it’s much more important to lower total fat intake.
The experts also said most of us need not worry about sugar. It’s problem for people who are obese (it’s got lots of calories but little nutrition) or diabetic (they can’t metabolize it properly). For the rest of us, though, avoiding sugar is of only moderate importance.
Rated lowest of all was avoiding irradiated foods—68 percent of respondents put this among the Probably Worthless, right down there with avoiding charred of blackened foods. Neither appear to pose any significant health risk.