FYI. This information was just sent to me.
Hi Ben,
I hope you are well!
My husband loves “beer can” chicken. However since soda cans and their paint were never intended to be subjected to heat AND to be in contact with food, I would highly recommend spending a few dollars on a stainless stand: http://www.4thegrill.com/chickenstands.html
The ink on beverage cans is supposed to be edible since it can come in contact with your mouth—and supposedly the can itself doesn’t get to the temperature at which the ink was adhered to the metal. But given the pervasiveness of toxins in our food and in our environment, it might be best to err on the side of caution and use a non-painted stand.
Here is some information about the question:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3469/is_30_53/ai_90192626/
Regards,
XXXXX
January 26th, 2010
Posted by
bendearman |
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STOP! BEFORE YOU READ FURTHER!
I DO NOT WANT YOU TO GO ALL CRAZY SURVIVOR STYLE ON ME AND START SENDING HATE MAIL ABOUT HOW ALL I WANT YOU TO EAT IS GRUBS AND GRASS. THIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. I DO NOT SUPPORT A 100% ORGANIC DIET NOR DO I LIVE OFF SQUIRRELS AND BARK. I SUPPORT A HEALTHY LIFE STYLE AND GOOD EATING HABITS. I ENCOURAGE MY MEMBERS TO CHEAT 10% OF THE TIME. BELOW IS A LIST OF THINGS I LOVE THAT ARE SURELY NOT ORGANIC AND THAT I WILL NEVER GIVE UP.
1. PEANUT BUTTER
2. TRISCUITS
3. WHEAT THINS
4. ALCOHOL (I DON’T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE SO I HAVE TO SELF MEDICATE SOME HOW)
5. GIGANTIC ASIAN PEARS (NOTHING THAT BIG IS NATURE MADE)
6. HIGH FIBER BREADS (HELLLOOOOOOO FORTIFED WITH FIBER)
7. SELTZER WATER
8. MUSTARD
9. SOY SAUCE
10. PROTEIN BARS
I believe you got the picture.
An obesogen is a chemical compound, foreign to the body, that can disrupt normal development or homeostasis (usually concerning metabolism and use of lipids, or fat) inducing obesity.[1]
These chemicals can effect things such as the distribution of fat in a person to sexual characteristics through disrupting the nuclear receptor signaling pathways which regulate the genetic expression of the proteins of these biological functions. For example, if an obesogen affects where fat deposits are located, it could do so by disrupting the genetic expression (by increasing or decreasing the propensity of a cell to produce certain proteins) of the biochemicals which regulate where fat is deposited. If this happened and there was more fat in the blood vessels of the heart, a heart attack could be more likely.
The term was coined by Bruce Blumberg of the University of California, Irvine.[2]
The topic of obesogens and how to counteract their effects is explored at length in the book The New American Diet.
January 21st, 2010
Posted by
bendearman |
Nutrition, Rants |
Wow, what unbelievable arrogance we see in that quote right there! So as a tribute to that dermatologist, let’s discuss chapter two of your book. In this chapter you’ve included one of the greatest expository pieces I’ve read to date on how limited the average medical student’s nutrition training can be. What’s up with this and why does it piss you off so much?
The average person would be shocked at the sad state of affairs that is nutritional training in our medical schools. It does upset me because people with chronic illnesses look to physicians for guidance on nutritional matters, assuming that they are well versed.
In truth, only 30% of medical schools require an actual nutrition course, and even this is almost exclusively related to intravenous nutrition and biochemistry of the cells. It’s not the clinical stuff.
According to a study last year in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 78% of graduating medical students didn’t feel that they were extensively educated enough to provide appropriate nutritional counseling. In their patient contact hours, only 17% had frequently counseled patients in nutrition.
The real problem is lack of accountability. For my license to practice I had to take separate board exams in biochemical and clinical nutrition. For MDs, it’s a different story. Only 3% of medical board exam questions are even remotely connected to nutrition. Why study it, why learn it, why make the effort if you’re not going to be tested on it?
And so it goes. For students in the world of pharmaceutical drugs and surgical techniques, nutrition becomes the stuff of home economics class.
You know, I was particularly surprised by the studies published in Nutrition Journal showing the following:
1. Nearly 25% of medical students didn’t know that fat contains, gram-for-gram, more calories than an equivalent serving of protein or carbohydrates.
2. Nearly 50% of the students were unaware that olive oil is rich in monounsaturated fat.
3. Nearly 50% of the students thought that folic acid (B9) supplementation can make up for a B12 deficiency.
It’s a bit shocking, but once again, it’s reflective of a broken system. It’s pretty easy to fix this. A little less influence by Big Pharma on setting the curriculum and even just a little more on nutrition and lifestyle, even just the basics, would be a good start.
Plus it’d be nice if the medical students themselves actually knew something about good nutrition personally.
Absolutely! At present, medical students are hardly the poster children for healthy eating. Only 11% of them meet even the minimum five servings of fruits and vegetables!
To read more about this click here: http://www.tmuscle.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance_interviews/skin_deep_nutrition_and_good_skin
January 19th, 2010
Posted by
bendearman |
Nutrition, Rants |
Mark McGuire admits to doing steroids!
HOLY SH!T! ARE YOU SERIOUS! Hands up…who was shocked by this information? I mean really…
And another one…
The guy went from a decent player who saw some media coverage to basically being followed for an entire season to see if he could break the home run record. I don’t know what his stats were before (and really I don’t care, nor do I fully understand baseball stats) but I would imagine that they went up substantially once he started using steroids…and slamming more balls then Jenna Jameson. It seems as though common sense, as it pertains to athletes and drug use (and arguably most everything else in life judging by my experience from my last vacation) is lacking in the general public. It is almost as if people are totally oblivious to substantial overt changes. Like adding 40 lbs of muscle in the off season. I knew he juiced when he was chasing the home run record.
Want proof? In my profession everyone and their grandmother has an ebook out detailing everything from how to jump higher to how to hit hockey pucks faster. In fact, it seems as though the internet is flooded with “guru’s” that churn out ebooks. I was recently sent a link to an ebook about how to trim your pubic hair. Hahahahha…no joke! And no I dont know why I was sent that link either…sickos. And no I wont post the link because I don’t want my traffic going to that guys site. Do a search. Anyway, if that guy writes a book about shaving balls, dont you think McGwires trainer would have come out with an ebook about how he put 40 lbs of muscle onto Markie Marks frame in a few short months?
No ebook yet, and with this latest “stunner” from this pro-baseball needle catcher it doesnt look like there will be.
January 12th, 2010
Posted by
bendearman |
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No such thing. Sorry. A calorie is a unit of energy. To say there are good calories and bad calories is like saying there is good electricity and bad electricity. Energy can not be classified as good or bad.
S: (n) Calorie, kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, large calorie, nutritionist’s calorie (a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food)
FYI: did you know a gallon of gasoline has 31,000,000 calories?
A kilocalorie is typically what most people talk about when they talk about calories and food. However, we will use the often used definition to define caloric intake, i.e. calories.
There are such things as good/bad carbs, good/bad fats and good/bad proteins. A carb/fat/protein is a macronutrient that is broken down into a calorie (a unit of energy). As that macronutrient is broken down it will cause different effects to happen to the body; i.e. bloating with bad carbs (processed), diarrhea with bad fats (processed or too high in saturated fats) and un-accounted extra calories from bad protein (a fatty piece of meat).
Think of it like this; 2000 calories from broccoli vs. 2000 calories from candy corn would do totally different things to your body as its broken down. AS IT’S BROKEN DOWN. Not once it gets converted to energy.
January 11th, 2010
Posted by
bendearman |
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