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LONDON — Saturated fat found in butter, meat or cream is unlikely to kill you, but margarine just might, new research suggests.

Traditionally people have been advised to reduce animal fats, but the biggest ever study has shown they do not increase the risk of stroke, heart disease or diabetes. However, trans fats, found in processed foods such as margarine, raise the risk of death by 34 per cent in less than a decade.

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It is one of our most venerable documents, the most requested government publication after tax forms. But when Dr. David Hammond’s team asked more than 1,000 Canadians recently how much they knew about the Food Guide there were a lot of blank stares.

Fewer than half could name all four food groups. Less than one per cent knew how many servings they should have from each one.