New UN declaration must protect rights of the world’s poorest to nutritional benefits of milk and meat, say experts - Capital Newspaper

New UN declaration must protect rights of the world’s poorest to nutritional benefits of milk and meat, say experts - Capital Newspaper

A draft UN declaration to eliminate trans-fatty acids from global diets risks inadvertently denying the world’s poorest the nutritional benefits of milk and meat, experts have said. A new declaration to reduce non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like heart disease and diabetes proposes to eliminate all trans-fatty acids from global diets. However, while research shows that industrially produced trans-fatty acids contribute to NCDs, those found natu…