Once Again - We Are What We Eat: Study: Preservative Used in Pop-Tarts and Hundreds of Popular Foods May Harm the Immune System - EWG Report

[cujoe]

While I'm hoping no one reading this or any other cancer forum is eating Pop-Tarts, you may very well be eating one of the other 1200+ processed foods that contain TBHQ or is packaged using materials containing PFAS.

StudyFinds.org Article is here:

studyfinds.org/preservative...

EWG press release is here:

ewg.org/release/study-prese...

Just one more reason to eat whole foods and not the processed stuff that predominantly populates the isles of today's grocery stores. As Michael Pollan and others advise: Shop the perimeter of the store and avoid the center isles - and "Eat Food, Not Too Much, and Mostly Plants".

In Summary: Eat Well to Be/Stay Well - K9 terror

[Boywonder56]

Have you ever had a fruit loop Pop-Tart😃...

[cujoe in reply to Boywonder56]

WonderBoy,

Can't say that I ever had a Pop-Tart, as I think they came along after I was a kid, but I do think I might have had some Fruit Loops (seems a bit of a misnomer, as I can't imagine any fruit was involved in making them?) somewhere along the way. But, a Fruit Loop Pop-Tart would likely be a BIG seller in today's advertise-until-you-see-it-in-your-sleep world. Make it colorful, xtra-sweet, and super convenient and watch the hockey-stick sales chart. Works every time.

Captain Pop Loop

[cujoe]

Nal,

We all have our own views about what is the best combination of foods for good health. And there are all sorts of good and bad sources for supporting those choices. The important thing for our health, IMO, is to get the highest quality whole food (aka "un or minimally processed" as possible) and prepare it in a healthy manner.

It's that focus that made Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food so insightful. He outlines how the food we get at the modern supermarket has changed from that our parents and grandparents got from their local farms and markets. He puts forth the sensible notion that if you want to adopt a diet, you would be wise to choose one that has persisted over a very long period of time - since if it was bad for human health/longevity, that population (and it's diet) would have likely died out many generations ago. (From the looks of things the SAD may just do that for most of the people on it.)

We are now experimenting with ourselves with the many myriad fad diets that are mostly geared not towards better health, but rather to the weight-loss much of the developed world needs due to the crap food they now eat. Quality over quantity is not what the processed food industry or fast-food restaurants have used as their business model.

It does seem one of the benefits of the pandemic has been that more people are preparing their own meals and eating at home. Better quality meals combined with family social interaction = a win-win for those who have done it. The challenge now will be: Can they sustain it once the world goes back to something more "normal"?

BTW, I trust you have gotten resettled in the renovated and now mold/mildew-free summer place? And your better half is truly better healthwise?

Spring is here on the coast, so maybe not far behind for you in the mtns.

Keep enjoying life and staying well - cujoe

[NPfisherman]

K9 Terror,

With PCa, the preservatives we need are the ones that help our immune system...Will start watching for TBHQ... most of the stuff listed I have not eaten in years... this spring, I have plans to start making my own bread as I inherited Mom's bread maker... Oat Bran with seeds is gonna be my first effort...

Fish

[cujoe in reply to NPfisherman]

Dr. Fish,

Glysophate is another one to watch out for. With GMO-RoundupReady seed crops the whole idea was to make the seeds resistant to the herbicide Roundup, so that it could be indiscriminately sprayed on crops to keep weeds under control. I hate to imagine how much glysophate is now persistent in the soils and water tables around areas where it has been extensively used, not to mention the wide use of Roundup by homeowners, recreational facilities, and commercial lawn services in their attempts to create perfect weed-free lawns and gardens. Why Bayer would have bought Roundup's creator, Monsanto, back in 2018 with the glysophate liability already known is beyond me.

EWG has also done several rounds of testing on cereals and found glysophates in all products. It seems in addition to being used on Roundup-Ready GMO seeds, Roundup has been used for 40 years or so as a pre-harvest desiccant for grains like oats and wheat. We live in a world where chemicals are assumed to be innocent until proven guilty. Nassim Taleb discusses this in his book, Antifragile, where he categorizes the situation as one "in which the benefits are small and visible - and the costs very large, delayed, and hidden. And, of course, the potential costs are much worse than the cumulative gains." (Pg 340, 2014 Random House paperback edition)

Best protection is to only purchase organic, non-GMO grain products. Here is a list of places in the US and Internationally that have or are in the process of banning the use of glysophate.

carlsonattorneys.com/news-a...

Only time will reveal how much the health of humans and other living species of plants and animals have been harmed by its use. In the meantime, don't eat the grass and only eat organic grain products. Stay Well - k9 terror

[NPfisherman in reply to cujoe]

K9 Terror,

It is why we put in a big garden for this year-- courtesy of the greenhouse. Put in grow lights and getting ready to move all starters there soon. . Canning will be one of my new sports... I gave up cereals a while back...and enriched breads.. hard to avoid pesticides... No Roundup here...

Be well....

Fish

[cujoe in reply to NPfisherman]

Good plan, altho' when I fist read you reply I though you said "caning" and I started to worry that you had taken up self-flagellation over the long, hard winter. Canning is a MUCH more productive enterprise and one you will be able to enjoy during next winter. Green is good and the greenhouse must be helping to get/keep it that way. Fruits of last year's labors. Have a nice weekend. k9

[NPfisherman in reply to cujoe]

Why would I self flagellate when the Lady M can beat me when I'm bad?? ...LOL... Fortunately, I am behaving fairly well....Shoveling all that snow this winter was punishment enough...Yes, a labor of love with dividends that greenhouse...

Enjoy your weekend... may be some rain so pack your rain gear...

Fish

[cujoe]

That gives you more time to fish those southern waters - and find some JB slack tide.

youtube.com/watch?v=LTL5M3Y...(Not working as expected?)

Safe travels when you leave and a 2 x healthy arrival. Shalom - k9

PS I caught this excellent, moving PBS docu-drama that I'm sure you would appreciate. See if you can find a time and place to watch it:

pbs.org/show/windermere-chi...

[cujoe]

Understand now, as I remember when you were expecting to leave some time back. With the getting the garden going and setting up the renewed place to your satisfaction, you will have plenty to do - plus the fish can use a break from your hook, line and sinkers.

BTW, If you ever decide you want an out-of-the-mainstream fishing experience on the NC coast, look into Portsmouth Island.

outerbanks.com/portsmouth-i...