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Hold the pickles and the lettuce – please keep the wrapper

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:55:39 +0000

Nearly 20 years ago I went to a lecture on healthy diets that was mostly interesting and good, but when the speaker suddenly got passionate about the dangers of licking your yogurt lids (“and you’d be surprised at how many people do it!” she said), several of us thought she was going too far with the health approach.

Now it seems she might have been on to something. Toronto researchers say the wrappers are designed to keep fast food grease away from our clothes and hands is contaminating the food, and traces have been found in human blood, reports Environment News Service.

“In this study we clearly demonstrate that the current use of PAPs in food contact applications does result in human exposure to PFCAs, including PFOA,” Scott Mabury, the lead researcher and a professor at the University of Toronto, is quoted as saying, and the US Agency for Toxic Substances reports that high levels of PFOA in blood have been associated with changes in sex hormones and cholesterol.

Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, and just hand me the greasy thing, please, no wrapper included!

Weight loss blog log – 29 October 2009

Jonell Galloway — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:09:04 +0000

Bad Foods that Are Good for Weight Loss gives common sense, practical advice about “bad” foods that can actually be good for weight loss if eaten in moderation and in the right way.

Fat Man Unleashed is a community weight loss blog where people who are seriously trying to lose weight do a weekly weigh-in and share interesting information they have found to be helpful. The “Inner Warriorness” tab offers particularly good information about how to keep up your motivation, but the site covers the full range of problems and advice we all need to know about weight loss and weight control in general, including diet, physical activity and exercise, loss of motivation, and lifestyle.

If you have the bad habit of stopping by fast-food restaurants on the way to work, Fast-Food Breakfast Picture Slideshow: Photos of the Best and Worst gives good advice about which foods are the least bad.

Hamburger heavens in Lake Geneva region

Jonell Galloway — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:06:27 +0000

The May 2009 edition of Baboo Time features an article Hamburger Mania with a long list of the best hamburger haunts in the Lake Geneva area, from Lausanne to Geneva, with one just behind the train station in Rolle. The listings are in both French and English, and give full descriptions of the hamburgers: how they are served, where the meat comes from, atmosphere. In other words, just about all you know and all you need to know about a hamburger. Some even deliver!