Thursday, September 09, 2010

Feeding Children Processed Food Is Child Abuse - Taking Dietary Advice From Plantation MD's Is Insanity

It's not news that fast food can lead to obesity-related health issues. [Unless you are a Plantation MD named DMG] It is shocking whenever we learn what is actually contained in some fast food products. McDonald's chicken nuggets, which are quite popular with kids, are made with the chemical preservative TBHQ (tertiary butylhydroquinone), a petroleum-based product. McNuggets also contain dimethylpolysiloxane, "an anti-foaming agent" also used in Silly Putty. Get this: McDonald's doesn't put these chemicals in its McNuggets overseas, and they're less fattening.
fist tap Her Royal Highness Sasha

6 comments:

DMG said...

KAM,

It's difficult to ride my jock while I'm abroad isn't it? I guess since things have been slow here while I've been on my trip you've resorted to calling me out by NAME.

Do you miss your asswhoopings that much? Can you not at least wait for me to return stateside?

Joanna said...

You know DV, I GET that processed food is bad... we all KNOW it causes obesity and all sorts of other health problems.... but you know what, sometimes, kids get fat simply because THEY EAT TOO MUCH. My mom and dad NEVER fed us fast food. My mother cooked decent meals (not ultra healthy, but not ultra rich or fatty either). One of my sisters was stick thin... kids used to make fun of her and call her olive oyl. My other sister was average sized, and I was a big kid... taller, bigger, matured faster, all that.My moms side of the family was a bunch of skinny folks, my dad's side a bunch of fatties. YES, food plays a BIG ROLE in health and weight, but so do other factors such as genetics and metabolic rate.

KonWomyn said...

Hey DMG

I've been having some computer drama so I won't be able to meet you tomorrow, I'm trying recover my stuff & have a major submission deadline to meet. If you're around for the wknd let me know, I can try and make it, preferably Sunday. I can't promise I'll be in the best of moods though, but it'd be nice still.

...peace

HotmfWax said...

@DV,

the chemical preservative TBHQ (tertiary butylhydroquinone), a petroleum-based product. McNuggets also contain dimethylpolysiloxane, "an anti-foaming agent" also used in Silly Putty.-DV

Don't worry DV, It is just the primer for our new energy source! :)

-Technocrats you gotta love them.

http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20100827/981/tsc-urine-powered-fuel-cells-to-offer-pe_1.html


Urine-powered fuel cells to offer pee power to people

Washington, Aug 27 (ANI): This could literally be called pee power to the people-researchers have figured out a way to make the world's first urine-powered fuel cells.

Chemistry postdocs Shanwen Tao and Rong Lan at Heriot-Watt University's School of Engineering and Physical Sciences in Edinburgh are turning pee into electricity and clean water with a prototype fuel cell system. I had heard about pee-power for robots, but not pee-power for everyone.

While fuel cells usually rely on flammable hydrogen gas or toxic methanol to generate electricity, Tao and Lan's cheaper prototype relies instead on urea, an organic chemical compound produced as waste when the body metabolizes protein.

Urea, also called "carbamide," has several advantages as a potential fuel source-it's abundant, non-toxic, relatively straightforward to transport and rich in nitrogen, reports Discovery News.

According to the university, Tao thought about incorporating urea because he had seen it used as a fertilizer while growing up in eastern China.

The Carbamide Power System prototype can break urea or urine from humans or animals down into water, nitrogen and CO2, and also produce electricity at the same time.

Unlike existing fuel cells that require catalysts made from precious metals like platinum, the "Youtricity" research group's prototype uses a cheaper catalyst and less expensive membranes.

A 203,000-dollar grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is helping the team develop the technology, which they think could be ideal for islands, deserts and even on submarines.

Plus, municipalities already spend a ton of money and energy removing urea from wastewater, so incorporating a system like this could help reduce those costs.

The prototype's exact components aren't being publicized, but the team is planning to have a demonstration system ready next year. (ANI)

chosen said...

@DV - check this out ... a relative of yours?? ;)

http://bossip.com/284020/damn-black-dont-crack-109-yr-young-mr-bernardo-lapallo-shares-his-health-tips-69691/

Sasha said...

"Her Royal Highness": I could get used to that, DV :-)

I thought about this article yesterday as I went to my son's school for Parents Night. It's custom to bring dinner to the school during these evening events so the kids can eat. I was the ONLY parent who did not bring McNuggets! No lie. I wished I had copies of the article to pass out to them.