New Yorkers: Join Us Monday at Outdoor Rally to Help Make The Big Apple Trans Fat Free

As I mentioned before, I’ve been volunteering my time to an important event that could help to pave the way for the city of New York to become trans fat free. As I’ve said previously, thousands of people are unnecessarily dying at an early age because of dangerous trans fats. Anyhow, tomorrow’s the big day for an important rally to show our support for this very worthwhile endeavor. Because I believe so strongly in this, I’m running an item here from the coordinator for the program.

By Jenn Breckenridge
Trans Fat Free NYC Coordinator

Please pass this on to people you care about.

Many of New York’s restaurants and street vendors serve foods loaded with artificial trans fat, the cause of over 30,000 premature coronary heart disease deaths each year in the US. The New York City Department of Health is holding public hearings to consider banning trans fat from restaurants.

On Monday, October 30th, from 10am-1pm, at 125 Worth Street, New Yorkers will have the opportunity to show politicians and the restaurant industry that we want to rid our restaurants of these hidden manmade toxins. For directions and details for the hearing, go to www.transfatfreenyc.org.

Trans Fat Free NYC will be holding a public outdoor event to coincide with the hearing. The event will take place in picturesque Thomas Paine Park, directly across from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, from 12pm-2pm on Monday, October 30th.

Trans Fat Free NYC will bring together exciting speakers to educate the public on the dangers of trans fat, as well as the benefits of eating a natural diet. Speakers include:

• NYC Councilmember Peter Vallone, Jr., Chair of the Public Safety Committee
• Walter Willett, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health
• Anna Lappe, cofounder of Small Planet Institute and the author of Hope’s Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet
• Michael Jacobson, Executive Director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest
• Earl Ellis, CEO of trans fat free oil company Whole Harvest
• David Shea, Chef-Owner of Applewood restaurant
• Joshua Rosenthal, Founder of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and Trans Fat Free NYC

Trans Fat Free NYC will present a Trans Freestyle Circle including dancers from New York City’s finest b-girl crew Fox Force Five, as well as some of the city’s most dynamic house dancers, with phenomenal music by the legendary DP One of the Turntable Annihilists crew.

Trans Fat Free NYC will be also be giving away delicious trans fat free treats from some of the city’s finest purveyors to prove once and for all:  trans fat free tastes just as good. For more details on enjoying a lunch hour of education, demonstration, and celebration, please see TransFatFreeNyc.org.

If you would like to take a very brief moment to let the Board of Health know your thoughts regarding the proposal to limit trans fat (§81.08) or the proposal to have calorie information for fast food restaurants posted on menu boards (§81.50), have Trans Fat Free NYC send a letter for you, just go
to www.transfatfreenyc.org.

Make the heart of New York a healthy one.

Please pass this on those you care about.

Note from Connie: You can reach Jenn here. And to volunteer at the last minute, which I heartily recommend, click here.