10 Foods You Should Never Eat
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Cameron_1969 wrote: »The whole list is ridiculous, but as someone who works in agriculture the "hormone" gripe gets to me a lot. So just know that no matter what food you eat - conventional, organic, grass-fed, whatever - no food humans eat contains anywhere near the level of hormones needed to produce a response in the body. To put this in perspective:
1 egg contains about 900 ng (nanograms) estrogen
1 serving of red meat is under 2 ng estrogen
3 oz cabbage about 2000 ng estrogen
1 birth control pill: 30,000 ng estrogen minimum. And women need to take it every single day at the same time to have any sort of metabolic effect. Women produce millions of nanograms of estrogen per day - so do men and children, while they produce less than adults, still produce astronomically higher amounts of hormones daily than any food you can eat.
All food contains hormones. Food is made from living plants and animals, which have an endocrine system, thus, produce some level of hormones. But the takeaway I want you guys to have is you will never "eat" enough estrogen in your diet from ANY FOOD SOURCE to worry about it affecting your body. You'd need to eat hundreds of eggs a day and even then the body only actually absorbs a fraction of the hormones found in food to begin with. It's not a very efficient way of delivery, which is why people inject steroids, not eat them.
So next time you see labels for foods charging more because the food is "hormone free," you know it's a marketing gimmick - and you know that all food contains hormones and it doesn't make a difference.
Also quick facts, giving synthetic hormones to poultry and swine is illegal in the US. So if you see any chicken claiming to be "hormone free!" or "never given hormones!" you know it's just a label because none of the chicken on your shelf was ever given any synthetic hormone and you know that all the meat and veggies in your store contain small amounts anyway. In beef we can use testosterone implants that go in the ear, and to skip the lesson on cattle production just know that the difference between non-implanted beef and implanted beef is 1.2 vs 1.9 ng per serving. That's it. It's still way lower than pretty much any vegetable or soy product (but we know now that doesn't matter, right?). All the implant does is stimulate the animal to produce a bit more of its own testosterone or estrogens to grow faster. Basically if you implant a steer it will grow a little faster closer to what it would if it still had testicles (was a bull)...and a heifer will grow a little faster closer to if she were a steer. Just picture a ladder of sorts I guess.
Okay that was my rant. Hope it was useful.
I ate 50 eggs once. . on a bet. .back when I was in prison. .
My boy says he can eat fifty eggs, he can eat fifty eggs.0 -
goddessofawesome wrote: »
Clearly you missed the genius in his comment...0 -
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Food/drink you should never consume:
Cookies made by Corrinne Dollanganger (née Foxworth)
Elderberry wine served by Abby and/or Martha Brewster
Tea from a dotty old Bed & Breakfast Landlady in Bath
Kool-aid mixed by Jim Jones
Anything prepared by a Nyissan0 -
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1. Anything that is actually poisonous and will kill you/make you sick in the amount you are going to eat
2. Nothing else0 -
You can't make me click there.0
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I hope whoever wrote that suffers constantly from diarrhea and constipation for the rest of their lives.0
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KGRebelRanch wrote: »1. If you value healthy cholesterol levels, never eat stick margarine.
Okay...done. I make my own butter.
2. If you think artificial sweeteners are helping you lose weight, you're wrong.
. I prefer stevia.
3. If you like a calm hormone system, never eat canned coconut milk, soup and vegetables. Please, I'm a woman-my hormones are NEVER balanced.
4. Never eat kids' cereal if you’re watching your sugar intake.
I watch my sugar intake with every single bite of Cocoa Pebbles.
5. Never eat soybeans and soybean products if you’re concerned about genetically modified food.
Or corn. Or wheat. Does not apply, I grown my own food.
7. Never eat tilefish, shark, swordfish and king mackerel if you're worried about mercury.
I don't eat fish anyway.
8. Never eat "industrial" hamburgers if you like clean food.
I know, right? I swear those stupid kids drop my burger all the time...oh, wait.
9. Never drink soda if you don’t want diabetes.
I have one from time to time because I have low blood sugar. It helps if it's all I can find.
10. Never eat certain apples if you’re worried about pesticides.
Or...you know...wash them....
11. Never eat processed meat if you want to avoid … premature death!
I really don't like eating my rabbits or chickens while they still have a pulse.
Read more: http://www.mnn.com/food/healthy-eating/stories/10-foods-you-should-never-ever-eat
How do you feel about this article? Honestly its the most ridiculous thing i ever read lol
Someone, somewhere, is throwing away a lot of food in a panic....
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I used to substitute that odd, incredibly low calorie margarine product for butter. I stopped, as the taste trade off was simply not worth it.
I add Splenda to my coffee every morning, and drink those Skinny Starbucks lattes. If it allows me to stay in my calories/ macros, I really don't care.0 -
and don't forget…never swim if you are worried about drowning...0
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You know, this reminds me of a post i once read.
It said that drinking water, eating fruits and vegetables, and exercising will kill you.
It was a Dr. Oz article.0 -
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I've never seen a "certain" apple. Is that variety red or green?0
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