Denmark Introduces ‘Fat Tax’ on Foods High in Saturated Fat

Um saturated fats are not the bad guys. Carbohydrates are…. Its the low fat salad dressing that will actually make you fat. Watch Fat Head, then read In health and fitness.

Strange, since the human body prefers fats as its preferred fuel of choice. It’s grains and carbs that the body hates.

What a joke. It’s another way for government to take more of the ppls money….

“But perhaps Denmark has its obesity rate relatively under control because of its policies.”

This is absurdly over the top.

“In 2004, Denmark made it illegal for any food to have more than 2 percent trans fats. In July 2010… At the same time…”

So was they were over weight and now they are not, thanks to these laws, or they were healthy and health minded before hand of their own free will? You remember that dont’cha? Freedom? The capacity to decide what is right for one’s own self. Self determination? Self governance?

jThis “tax” is another abuse of power by the Nanny government Liberals love so much!

So the Nazis conquerd Denmark hu? Hitler would be proud.

I think they ought to tax the ignorant there first..and those with a Stalin complex..they would be hugely profitable..

Something is wrong in the world when the masses just knuckle under..no questions asked nor answered..Big brother..

Heck, let’s tax stupidity better! Or how about illiteracy? If you can’t speak the language or did not graduate HS you should pay 1% more in sales tax. You are not paying any income tax anyhow, so there you have it…just saying.

Next ugly people!!!

It is all about control and getting more of our money. Many of the polititions and people who enforce these laws are fat. The difference is they are rich enough to still buy these foods from the people who won’t be able to that support them.
To keep you from realizing that fact, they play class war fare and race war fare so the people stay asleep and blame the wrong people

Dang. Woulda thought California would be the first.

It is coming to the good old USA. The bigger the government the smaller the citizen. My son went from 290 to 205 by eating less crabs and witched to Pam rather than olive oil. However he did need the government to tell him what to do.

Don’t really see why milk and milk products are included, they have been a big part of the Scandanavian diet for hundreds of years, without an advesre effect. AVG 131.5L per capita consumption in Denmark.

Problem is the people voted in a nanny state now they have on which is telling them what they cannot eat and now they are pissed.

They’d have a heart attack just thinking about a Cherokee get together. We start by frying chunks of hog meat in a iron kettle so we’ll have grease to fry chicken and make fry bread. Potatoes and okra are fried in a skillet. Osta! I get hungry just thinking about eating what I damn well please. Why do you people let others do your thinking for you?

So the government restricts consumption of fats through taxation. Does that mean Danes are not going to get sick, require health care, and, sooner or later, die? Of course not. The health care system will have to pay for it eventually, for everybody. False argument. It’s really about control.
I want to control what you do, and of course I am much smarter and more empathetic than you are.

Socialized medicine means that the government has an interest in keeping costs low by preventing unhealthy behavior. The inevitable result is that government will be able to compel you via taxes or laws to eat or not eat certain foods, to exercise, etc.

For some, that’s a feature, not a bug.

Another fine example of control by taxation.

This is disgusting and misguided. Saturated fat in the diet is good for us. If the nanny state is allowed to keep growing, it will end up killing us with its mandates based on bad science, bureaucrats’ pet peeves, and the interests of Big Agriculture and Big Pharmaceuticals.

The reason that’s always given when these laws are passed is that it will reduce health care expense. Is the assumption that if we eat healthy enough we’ll never die? What if eliminating heart disease just results in an increased incidence of something else like cancer that is even more difficult and expensive to treat?

If people live significantly longer because of healthy-eating laws, that will increase the burden on the public health system, not decrease it. Health costs associated with end of life can be expensive whether one if healthy or not. It might be cruel to say, but if one dies sooner, then the costs of checkups, vaccinations, and other medical expenses that would occur over a longer life will not be incurred. Do you believe that an unhealthy person who dies at 50 will incur more medical expenses than a healthy person who dies at 100?

Sugar is the problem, not fat.

TO MIMI:

Are you telling me because you got sick from too much fat that I now have to pay more? I do not eat a lot of fat, but because of your failure the rest of us must be punished?

THIS IS THE FIRST SIGN OF TOTALITARIANISM—GROUP PUNISHMENT. RAMPANT IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS…YEP

why stop there? just reform the whole system! Outlaw all food outlets, make only one national food outlet for everyone where menus of only optimal nutritional values as determined by the state will be distributed. Everyone has a tax taken directly out of the paycheck that pays for their daily food allotment and no one will have to worry about getting fat.

As someone with a terminal graduate degree who has taught nutrition on the university level I am astounded at the level of misinformation and inaccuracy regarding saturated fats, carbohydrates and nutrition in general posted on the topic here. Wow. It’s actually troubling to know how few people understand the topic yet are willing to share their ignorance as though the rubish spouted is factual information. Men’s Health touted as a high level source of medical information? Wow. Perhaps Denmark has not done such a bad thing considering what I’ve read here.

There must be a lot of McDonnalds and Burger Kings in Denmark. I keep being told that they are what’s causing the problem.

Whoah Mimi, what else do you want your government to control? How many curling-iron and/or flat-iron degrees should the government limit you to in order to keep you from destroying your hair? How many tampons should you be able to use each month? How much lotion you can apply in a day? Have you ever considered how easy is it to regain your freedoms, and where do you draw a line on what freedoms you surrender to the government? Where does your personal responsiblity end? Is your body your own private property, or should the government control it? Lastly, have you ever read George Orwell (Animal Farm, 1984), and either way, how do you feel about being a slave?

Mmm, Havarti.

SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!

This is why you vote. Anybody but Obama!

What a clever ruse by the Danish government. Healthier citizens live longer and consequently, will be paying more taxes for a longer time, enriching the Danish treasury even more. Why didn’t Obama think of that?

they should tax the health nuts…that cause all these problems….and they should do the same in america.

Boycott the EU.

Last time I checked (a couple of years ago) there was still no evidence that saturated fat intake leads to heart disease. It may very well turn out years down the road that this sort of action will create more health problems than it will solve. Also, if the Danish govt. is correct, and healthier people will be living longer won’t that create a greater long term burden on their health care system. After all end of life care is the most expensive type. And while were on the subject of govt. overreach, how many world leaders reversed their CFC regulations this year in light of conclusive evidence that they do not contribute to the depletion of the ozone layer? Bad govt. policy is with us forever.

As a Dane I feel obligated to make a comment.
We pay a lot of taxes- I could cite number but you would all have a stroke if I did.
In fact I think that if anyone in the USA proposed a tax level of even half what we pay – it would trigger the second American revolution.
BUT !!
There is a lot you pay for that we don’t .
I have a University degree which I didn’t have to pay for.
If I have a heart attack, it won’t cost me anything (financially) – not the ambulance, the surgery, the hospital bed, the recovery or anything.
If I lose my job, I will not end up on the street without money or a place to live.
School for my children are free – same for their education. They can be whatever they want to be. Only their mind set the limits.
This cost money – and they have to come from somewhere. Personally I would rather pay a little extra for my butter than have my income taxed even further.

Finally I like America – I often think you are all crazy – but I like the USA.
You live in a great country and I think that if you put aside your differences for a while – well there Is nothing you can’t do, including pulling yourself out of the current financial mess and back on top.

Good luck.

Oh! Mr. Anders you receive so much for free (TAXES). And your health care is free(TAXES), your children’s school is free(TAXES). And if you lose your job you won’t lose your house(TAXES). One thing you were RIGHT about: you Danes are taxed on so many things that we Americans would revolt. But you just take another tax in stride, because hey! You are getting so much for free(TAXES). However, I love the Danes, great people, one of the great countries in the world.

Wow, these Europeans really just roll over and play dead, don’t they?

If I were the editor of this “article” I would’ve struck the line “But perhaps Denmark has its obesity rate relatively under control because of its policies.” Author intrusion, author introducing her bias into the “reporting.” Author trying to sell the reader on a specific political agenda.

Geez, these Soros-owned media bloggers think they’re getting slicker, but they’re not. What a shame for them and their political agenda–to be so educated they can’t see how stupid they are. So, ABC, was Obama worth squandering your public trust? Was he?

Wonderful, hey, it doesn’t matter your diet, everyone dies!
Just one more example of Government trying to enforce it’s views on the citizen, while adding a side benefit of stealing more of the citizens’ money.
This sort of nonsense has begun in America already…some idiots have sodium taxes, smoking is a no no, fat people are terrible too, when does it end people?
Frankly, I don’t give a darn what people eat, no one should. Oh, and before some noodle headed sheep states that they are paying for the other guys medical care, so what? That other guy is paying for yours too! Everyone falls ill, everyone will die. Quit trying to control the other guys life, you are a petty tyrant when you do. We have far to many of them today, in America, and beyond.

I am all for this!!!!!! Yes skinny people rejoice but still pay the taxes. If its good enough for smokers to have to pay an outrageous tax, well clearly unhealthy foods needs to be taxes high. My eyes bleed all the time when i go out in public and its discusting and stinks. Yes i smoke so it is very fair so be careful what you wish on other fellow americans, it could come back to haunt you

People who are against incentivising through taxes need to understand that all taxes are incentivising, like it or not. Keeping this fact in mind, you may as well pushing things that society wants less of (fatty foods that, in the end, can result in an extra burdon on the health care system) and reward things that society wants more of (working citizens).

The money for the country’s generous welfare system needs to come from some place, and this is just one more step in the country’s current process of reforming its taxes to incentivise working (by lowing the relatively high income taxes), collecting the lost revenue from things such as unhealthy food taxes, energy taxes, low-MPG vehicle taxes etc.

Whether or not this particular tax makes sense in an overall health perspective I cannot comment on, not being a health expert. Politicians don’t always make optimal decisions. ;)

Worrying about all these things science says will kill you, will kill you much quicker than all the things science says will kill you. A state of mind of consumed by worrying will cause more health issues than anything you consume.

This really won’t save any money. They say it will reduce healthcare costs because people will be healthier and live longer. That may or may not be true, but if it is, they are increasing their costs of caring for the elderly when people live longer. Speaking strictly from a financial perspective, which costs more? Is it cheaper to pay additional costs now or to pay them later as people age, in addition to the costs of living for the elderly that would increase as they live longer? It may actually be more expensive in the long term. Are people willing to give up more to cover those costs? This is another “solve the problem now but ignore the future consequences” question that no one wants to talk about. Quite simply, we’re digging our own graves financially. I pity the younger generations for the mess we’re leaving them.

What????????????????
California do-gooders and the bloomin idiot in NYC got out food taxed?
Citizens of NYC and Cali, it’s coming your way.

INSTEAD OF TAXING THE FOODS IN THIS WAY, SHOULD NOT THE GOVERNMENT BE GETTING RID OF THE COMPANYS THAT PRODUCE THE CHEMICALS THAT ARE DESTOYING THE PEOPLE?
IT IS NOT THE FOOD, IT IS THE CHEMICALS AND DRUGS THAT THE “” BIG BROTHER “” IS BEING PAID TO LET INTO THE FOODS!

This is what we’re all afraid of with the Socialized health-care!

Once taxes pay for peoples medical expenses, suddenly a persons health moves from a quality of life issue to a national financial issue. Its just that much more freedom that floats away atop the sea of government control.

Dont let the anti-obesity folks get wind of that one………..they just got billions to create junk science anti-obesity studies for michelle obamas new czarina roll as head public health policeman……the dems stole billions from food stamp programs to finance the war on obesity…

If you lose your job and you get a reduced food stamp amount blame it on the fraudulent obesity epidemic that was created like everything else to get public health laws enacted against us all!

Diabetes:

Old Definition: Blood sugar > 140 mg/dl
People under old definition: 11.7 million
New Definition: Blood sugar > 126 mg/dl
People added under new definition: 1.7 million
Percent increase: 15%

The definition was changed in 1997 by the American Diabetes Association and WHO Expert Committee on the Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus.

Hypertension:

High blood pressure is reported as two numbers, systolic or peak pressure and diastolic pressure when heart is at rest) in mm Hg.

Old Definition: cutoff Blood Pressure > 160/100
People under old definition: 38.7 million
New Definition: Blood Pressure > 140/90
People added under new definition: 13.5 million
Percent Increase: 35%

The definition was changed in 1997 by U.S. Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure.

Prehypertension, a new category created in 2003: blood pressure from 120/80 to 138/89 includes 45 million additional people! If one includes this category, we have a grand total of 97.2 million total numbers of hypertensives and prehypertensives (whatever that is).

High (Total) Cholesterol:

Old Definition: Cholesterol > 240 mg/dl total cholesterol
People under old definition: 49.5 million
New Definition: Cholesterol > 200 mg/dl total cholesterol
People added under new definition: 42.6 million
Percent increase: 86%

The definition was changed in 1998 by U.S. Air Force/Texas Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention Study.

Overweight:

Body Mass Index (BMI) is defined as the ratio of weight (in kg) to height (in meters) squared and is an inexact measure of body fat, though it supposedly establishes cutoff points of normal weight, overweight, and obesity.

Old definition: BMI > 28 (men), BMI > 27 (women)
People under old definition: 70.6 million
New definition: BMI > 25
People added under new definition: 30.5 million
Percent Increase: 43%

The definition was changed in 1998 by U.S. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

“The new definitions ultimately label 75 percent of the adult U.S. population as diseased,” conclude the two researchers.
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Of course Denmark will not stop exporting butter and ham.

This article has been linked by a large right-wing American website. Because of that, the majority of the comments are left by individuals whose views are to the extreme American right-wing side. Thus, the equating of small increase on butter taxes with totalitarianism (as though butter had been outlawed).

Also, the effective cost comparisons above that talk about total medical expenditures of somone that dies at age 50 vs. 100. Most people don’t die at age 50 in American. They have diabetes and heart disease from age 55-75 though. In most European countries, individuals live longer and healthier lives and don’t have diabetes or heart disease at even half the rates of Americans – and thus, they don’t have to treat those diseases saving quite a bit of money.

This tax probably won’t change behaviors much, but it will help to pay for the more expensive care that those which eat unhealthy foods will need in their age 55-85 years.

Well, like most of these utopian ideas governments come up with, this one, if people actually complied with its goal of reducing fat consumption and living longer, would lead to increased costs down the road for the care of those who live longer and develop various diseases of the elderly, such as Alzheimer’s and cancers.

If the government was REALLY concerned with people’s health, they would think up positive incentives for eating healthy things as well, such as negating taxes on fruits and vegetables in exchange for raising taxes on the “unhealthy” things (although the thought of government deciding what’s good and bad makes me cringe). But this NEVER happens because they are, in the end, only looking for money.

This is the result of the free healthcare they get. When you let the government pay for everything they own you. Think about that besides if we tax smokers i see nothing wrong with taxing eating addictions especially when the governement is running our healthcare all sorts of stuff is going to start being taxes to death. You wanted it you will get it

You guys are right – it is about the money.

And it should be.

Diabetes related to preventable diabetes is one of the most costly chronic illnesses out there. No health care system on the planet can handle the stress of treating a public with a high prevalence of diabetes. It’s simply not fiscally possible.

The reality is that they don’t care about your health, but they DO care about the financial feasibility of letting the public “decide for themselves” (IE – everyone getting fat and developing diabetes and being a huge drain on the already-taxed healthcare system and the economy as a whole).

If you really think the public can handle making their own decisions you clearly haven’t seen the incidence rates of diabetes and obesity in the last 30 years. If we do nothing, obesity alone will literally collapse the US Economy. How financially “conservative” is that?

By the way, ignorance evidently knows no bounds. Denmark has the most fundamentally capitalist health care system in the world. The government’s role is solely as an enforcer of price competition amongst providers. Citizens of Denmark pay less than 1/5th what the average American pays for better healthcare outcomes.

But hey, don’t let “facts” get in the way of your hardheaded gulping of talking points.

What do I know? I only have a Master of Health Administration and an MD.

The government’s role is to provide for the common defense and to provide the “invisible stabilizing hand” to protect competitive marketplaces and to stop monopolies (read some Adam Smith once and a while). The GOP agenda most of you posters so clearly gulp down like plebians (not to say that the Democrat agenda is any better) is not pro-capitalism, it’s pro-corporatism. There IS a difference and you’ve been lied to if you think otherwise.

Health care in the United states is inherently and fundamentally not a capitalistic system. It’s an oligopoly (a monopoly of hospitals and pharmaceutical companies). There is no price competition whatsoever (ever asked how much a procedure will cost? Did they actually tell you?).

In fact, health care in the United States is perhaps the most anti-capitalistic outside of a truly state-controlled system. You’ve all been brainwashed by a system whose interests are not your own. Hospitals make their money by keeping beds filled – what incentive do they have to keep you healthy? This misalignment of incentives is the very foundation of why our system is so grossly overpriced and our outcomes are so poor.

Wake up and quit sipping the kool-aid.

How about getting rid of the saturated “fatheads” who propose this nonsense! When gubmint controls YOUR health care, this crap is what you can expect.

Does this mean that the Danish Fat POlice will be visiting evryone’s kitchen and watching the citizens prepare meals?

Levying a TAX to CURB OBESITY? It won’t work and here’s why: Make the tax so high that people can’t afford to buy “fat” foods. The tax money is then distributed where? Why, to the governmental FAT CATS, who now have the people’s money, and can therefore further gorge themselves to ever-fattening diets because they can afford it. NO? Then where does the money go in order to curb obesity? Is there some newly invented machine that converts tax money into a thinner population? No — it’s the same old machine. I think it was invented in Chicago, and it certainly hasn’t curbed obesity there.

“What do I know? I only have a Master of Health Administration and an MD.”

Says the egotistical “Health Administrtor” who slops at the public trough while those engaged in productive pursuits pay the bill.

Why not just tax obese people? In the USA Michael Moore could balance the national budget.

I understand the Idea of raising taxes to reduce consumption but all it does is give the government more money. I understand wanting to reduce consumption of junk food high in frankenfat but whole foods like milk , butter, cheese and meat thats ridiculous , vitamin c is dangerous in high amounts too are they going to tax fruits and vegetables next.

saturated fats make up a category of different fatty acids most of which are excellent for human consumption. the law should be rewritten to exclude natural foods , meat , dairy and only include processed crap in a box.

how about a suicide tax and a lazyness tax, and a tax if you smell bad , and a tax for not brushing your teeth. oh and a not recycling tax, and a frowning tax.

If raising taxes magically stopped consumption no one would: by homes , start businesses , drink alcohol, chew gum , buy cars or travel.

bottom line more taxes will never increase health and wellbeing.

everything bad is good for you, butter your cigarettes, put salt and sugar on your extra cheese pizza and since when is it the governments business how old , fat or sick I get ? is’t that umm private…

For example in BC a pack of cigarettes is around 10 – 12 dollars mostly tax , when this tax was introduced the only thing that changed was an increase in government employee paychecks which is fair? I guess because most of them hate their jobs and need that extra money so they can afford the tobacco that makes their jobs bearable.

They put pictures of disease on the pack – people still smokin – just buy a fancy cigarette case

They made the shop owners cover all the tobacco products – people still smokin

I don’t even smoke anymore but I think its ridiculous, anything that attempts to reduce or ban or make a crime a mostly benign substance is doomed to failure.

If living forever even a good goal or is enjoying fat and tobacco and sugar for 80 years good enough?

I say we need an Old people tax since old age is implicated in so many diseases. how many peoples health starts to improve after 70?or 80?

Just another example of bg government thinking…..the little ones they rule cannot do for them selves….so government will force them to do what is “right” , and as long as they are at it take a little more money from the foolish.

Taxing meat is a crime. The “new world order” of sicko freemason murderers needs to be SMASHED AND DESTROYED BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY, especially sick homosexual satanist corporations like Disney.

How about a 100% corrupt liberal politician tax on corrupt liberal politicians?

Governments pretend to be experts on everything. The plain truth is, they don’t have a clue what constitutes “healthy” food. Saturated and every other non-man-made dietary fat that occurs naturally in foods is important to good health. The worst fats are the fats that are unnaturally forced out of vegetables. And the worst diet is a low-fat, high carbohydrate diet. Don’t expect to see any improvements in their health…and, don’t be surprised to find their 10% obesity rate increasing in a very short period of time.

A Harvad Study, called the Hope Trial, demonstrated that low fat diets were actually bad for your health. Then a meta-analysis in Diet and Nutrition demonstrated that there is not realtionship between dietary fats and cardiovascular disease. Then you have the fact that cholesterol has nothing at all to do with cardiovascular disease as the whole issue in one of inflammation. Inflammation that is poorly defined as investigators have been looking in the wrong place and in the wrong way in making an analysis of cardiovascular disease. The reason for this is because the drug companies are paying for the work and they want information on statin drugs, not the real issue. This will be coming to the US. We can not pass up a law that would ulitmately control us in some way.

The only thing bloated is government. This is an old-fashioned shake down.

Saturated fats do not increase the risk of obesity or heart disease, it’s excess saturated fats that do. And what’s an excess and for who? People who live in cold climates like Denmark, or engage in physically demanding activities, have higher needs for saturated fats – the most concentrated source of calories.

The government should stay out of health care and quit trying to restrict the ability of citizens to freely make diet and lifestyle choices for themselves and their children and take personal responsibility for such choices. But under a government health care system, where everyone pays for each other’s benefits, an individual’s diet and lifestyle becomes everyone’s business; and as a result, the people become less free. Is government provided health care worth the price of losing your individual right to choose?

I am accepting Danish folks at my newly opened Bed Breakfast and Bacon in lovely Southwest Ontario!

What a bunch of BS. I hate margarine and eat ONLY real butter on almost all my foods. I’m perfectly healthy, 48 years old and weigh exactly the same as I did when was 20, 170 pounds. One can eat ANYTHING one wants, but it must be moderated. Too much of anything is bad. Take aspirin for example…one or two can help you feel much better but eat 15 or 20 of them and it’ll be the last thing you ever did. It’s all about moderation and self discipline, not about the government telling us what to do. I don’t need saving from anyone on anything. Just leave me be.

Doing whatever it takes to help people die more quickly and at a younger age would better help the fiscal solvency of these nanny-state countries. As long as someone else’s bad habits don’t affect me… Hell, in America we give away free cheese to the po’ folks.

I’m very proud to be living in a country that takes a stand on health issues. Just look at what happens when the governments don’t do anything. As always the news medias like to exaggerate, the Danes didn’t hoard for food in the area where I live! Admitted I live in an area where we are all doing well and try to live healthy and meaningful lives. Don’t forget that the Danes are considered the most happy people in the World. I have lived 3 yrs in USA and I like the country and the people very much, but back in Denmark I enjoy a society where we take care and we make rules that everybody benefits from. We don’t have the same huge gab between the rich and the poor and we all get the same possibilities of getting an education and living decent lives. A lot of us are okay with paying the high taxes, because it is for the greater good of everybody. Frankly we find the greed and need to keep your money to yourself selfish. If you have a roof over your head, food on the table and a decent life with 5 weeks vacation a year and enough money to go to almost any place in the World – what is your problem? We can afford this and we should do this.

Same laws coming to America soon. This law is being pushed by the World health Org. Denmark is the test Country to see just how obedient the masses be to this law.

I don’t see any solid logic that supports being against this. People who oppose this, I feel, are reacting more out of fear and greed than logic.
If they look back 5-6 years down the line and see that it hasn’t really had an effect, get rid of it. But to be against something that could prevent heart attacks, and heart disease, and obesity, and quite possibly save lives, just because you don’t like this little bit of government intervention – I think it’s selfish.

If you want people to be healthy…..LOWER the prices of healthy food!!!!! DUH it is not that complicated! There are alot of people that would love to get fit but can’t afford healthy food!!!

will this tax come to the US? you best your sweet @#% it will, some politician will figure out a way to charge us citizens.

I cant beleive what the government, even in denmark, has started to resort to these days. It’s the governments fault for spending the money they did. All of them saying its for the health of people the most reasonable explanation is that their government needs money and they are finding the least expectant way to sneak in some extra taxes. The people need to do more than hoard they need to do something like the Boston Tea Party and rebel against the law.

Just a little thing about taxation levels.
According to OECD figures Denmark does hold the world record taxation level at about 50%, but the US taxationlevel isnt that much lover at about 27%. That these taxes only pay for about 2/3′s of the budget isn’t considered in this, so you “real” level where you include the IOU’s in the social security fund plus what you postpone until later is more like 40%.
As a Dane I feel I get a considerably better deal than you do in the US – even at the 27%. Nothing wrong with being a member of an expensive club if the services correspond to the membership fees and you are free to leave.

And with a bit of luck the EU court will rule the fat tax a technical trade barrier and thus illegal.

If not I can always take the 2h drive to Germany and buy my “fat” there and enjoy the lower sales tax level as a bonus.

I, too, used to believe (kind of still do) that the body prefers carbohydrates for quick energy. To an extent, that’s true, carbohydrates release energy faster than fats. However, I have also heard that ALL animals in the wild eat a high fat diet, even the herbivores. Herbivores may APPEAR to thrive on carbohydrates, but the truth is, true herbivores have either special ruminating chambers (present in animals such as cattle and deer) or hindgut fermenting chambers (present in animals such as rabbits), where BACTERIA convert the CELLUOSE in plants to FATTY ACIDS, and herbivores eat PLENTY of high fiber foods for this purpose. Humans, however, DO NOT have fermenting chambers where bacteria convert fiber to fatty acids, so, like the carnivores and other omnivores, we are SUPPOSED to eat animal fats for our primary energy needs. Humans, and some domesticated animals, are pretty much the only species that consume high carbohydrate diets. As for the frugivorous apes, they surely do NOT eat the same fruit we humans do. “Human” fruit, in general, has a higher sugar (non-fiber carbohydrate) content than the wild fruits apes eat, so the frugivorous apes eat a high fat diet too (via the fiber in the wild fruits).