• Fans of trans fat can now eat as much of the artery clogging substance as they’d like; The state Senate failed to pass a bill that would have mostly eliminated it from restaurants by 2013. [Sun Times]
• The men in charge of running the world eat like children, favoring burgers, chocolate, sausage pasta, and ice cream. This probably indicates something profound, but we’re not sure what. [Eatocracy/CNN]
• Subway has discovered the avocado, and you can discover its new turkey, bacon, and avocado sandwich, if you dare. [USAT]
• This is why you’re fat: It’s not your diet (though that probably needs help), but rather your sedentary office job. [NYDN]
• In the case of the disappearing Mexican mango, weather is to blame. [Global Post]
• With what you eat increasingly viewed as a political and personal statement, it’s no surprise that liberals and conservatives tend to have different eating habits. But whatever happened to those “crunchy conservatives“? [Mashable]
• The “Ick!” heard round the world: Some students in D.C. were served raw scallions for a snack. [Washington Examiner]
