Why you should eat less fast food and takeaways
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Abridged for your convenience; the full report is after the jump. Bear in mind that the author, Dr Joseph Mercola, is an alternative medicine advocate and was a popular source of opposition to H1N1 jabs last year, so you might want to treat some claims lightly. Source: Huffington Post
A new study (by the University of Toronto) shows that toxic perfluoroalkyls, which are used in surface protection treatments and coatings to keep grease from leaking through fast food wrappers, are being ingested by people through their food and showing up as contaminants in blood.
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Besides food packaging and fast food wrappers, everyday sources of this exposure include: drinking water, dust, air, carpet and fabric protectors, flame retardants, non-stick pots and pans, stain-proof clothing, and even cord blood and breast milk....
According to Madbury, regulators who approved these chemicals for use with food and other products made three assumptions, which have now been proven wrong:
1. The chemicals won't migrate from paper into food.
2. The chemicals won't become available to your body.
3. Your body won't process these chemicals.
Contrary to the regulators' findings, we now know PFCs have many health dangers. In animal studies, PFOA has also been associated with other health dangers such as:
-"Significant increases in treatment related deaths" in rat offspring at doses that did not affect the mothers.
- Serious changes in the weight of various organs, including brain, prostate, liver, thymus and kidneys.
- Deaths of a significant number of rat pups of mothers exposed to PFOA.
- Damage to the pituitary at all doses in female rat offspring (The pituitary secretes hormones that regulate growth, reproduction, and many metabolic processes. Change in pituitary size is associated with toxicity.)
- Tumor development after prolonged exposure.
Other studies have linked PFC's to (full descriptions in article):
- Infertility
- Immune system problems- Increased LDL cholesterol levels
For more information on these studies, please review the Environmental Working Groups extensive report.
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To identify other products to avoid, the EWG has compiled a list of common products containing PFC's for you here.
Keep in mind that avoiding these products is especially crucial for pregnant women or couples who want to have children, since PFC's can have a serious impact on fertility, and on a baby's delicate hormonal system. -
I'll file it under the same category under the "3 spaceships coming to invade earth in 2012".
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Why you should eat more fast food
1) Food and rental costs hike like crazy at hawker centres, so its much cheaper to eat at macdonals at 4.50 for lunch.
2)Its delicious.
3)Well, it serves fast
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Originally posted by Jiani:
Why you should eat more fast food
1) Food and rental costs hike like crazy at hawker centres, so its much cheaper to eat at macdonals at 4.50 for lunch.
2)Its delicious.
3)Well, it serves fast
$4.50? mai hiam 1 bowl of noodle $3.50 + 1 Kopi O how much?
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cook maggie and pack to office for lunch
eat maggie 3 meals a day, 7 days a week
1 pack of maggie is about $0.50, assuming you eat 2 packs a meal,
$0.50 x 2 packs/meal x 3 meals a day = $3
31 days a month at $3/day = $91/ mth
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Originally posted by ditzy:
I’ll file it under the same category under the “3 spaceships coming to invade earth in 2012”.
I wouldn't, but use your discretion as you please.
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Originally posted by Jiani:
Why you should eat more fast food
1) Food and rental costs hike like crazy at hawker centres, so its much cheaper to eat at macdonals at 4.50 for lunch.
2)Its delicious.
3)Well, it serves fast
Can have best of both world, serving of dessert like tao-suan and roti prata together which costs lesser and healthier, super fast as well. It is your choice. There are many healthier choice for foods, fast and also very affordable to everyone.
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eat fast food, fast food means fast to eat, fast to die, right? why live long? the govt dont really wanna support u when u are old anyway.