NYC weighing 1st trans fatty acids ban
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_on_re_us/diet_trans_fat_ban"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061029/capt.fd3ef6971a7d4f9e9014229882cb5d05.diet_trans_fat_ban_nyr101.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=3xfSwzbkvFh5AC54TfQ8yg--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="McDonald's french fries, which have been cooked in partially hydrogenated vegetable oil since the company abandoned beef tallow in 1990, are seen in New York on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006. Partially hydrogenated vegetable oil is the primary source of artificial trans fats, and on Monday, Oct. 30, 2006, New York City's Board of Health will hold its first public hearing on a plan to make New York the first U.S. city to ban restaurants from serving food containing artificial trans fats. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>AP - There are plenty of things in Kentucky Fried Chicken that are bad for your health — cholesterol, saturated fat and salt, to name a few. But only one has the potential to get the colonel's recipe banned in New York City.</p><br clear="all"/>