Right when food labeling was thought to be one of the best ways to watch your health, TV news reports that when a box reads “O” trans-fats or “0” grams of fat per serving, it really could have fat? According to ABC News Good Morning America, the label must read “No trans fat” or nonfat because the government allows up to .5 grams of fat or trans fat per serving to be listing as “0” fat grams or “0” trans fat.

Now, I have a problem with that. Why can’t they list the fat amounts as “trace.” Or, better yet, list .5 grams of fat as one gram of fat? I was always taught that when you have .5 of anything, you round it up to the higher whole number.

Just a warning if you’re trying to shed your diet of all trans fats. Read the labels, then look again.