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- <title>
- Aug. 06, 1990: Business Notes:Nutrition
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Aug. 06, 1990 Just Who Is David Souter?
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 53
- Business Notes
- NUTRITION
- Big Mac Sees the Lite
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Each year Americans consume millions of pounds of French
- fries at fast-food outlets. While the potatoes are innocent
- enough, the leading chains have traditionally deep fried them
- in oil that contains beef tallow. That substance contains
- cholesterol and saturated fat, both considered archenemies of
- the cardiovascular system. Phil Sokolof of Omaha, a wealthy
- businessman and health-food zealot, has been leading a public
- campaign to urge the franchises to stop using saturated fat to
- cook their fries.
- </p>
- <p> Now the switch is on. Burger King said two weeks ago it
- would change to vegetable oil, eliminating cholesterol and
- dramatically reducing saturated fat. Last week McDonald's and
- Wendy's followed suit. McDonald's claimed its decision was
- based on "more than eight years of extensive research and
- customer tests." Even so, Sokolof was calling it a victory.
- Said he: "The American public has the power to move mountains."
- Even fat ones.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
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