The "Food Babe" Blogger Is Full of Crap

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  • I_Will_End_You
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member
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    Kruggeri wrote: »
    crazyjerseygirl wrote: »
    Kruggeri wrote: »
    Do you guys remember a thread a few months back where a woman insisted that sodium bicarbonate was a toxin because they use it in rock quarry leaching processes or something like that? That was one of my favorite all time threads...

    So because they use food for non-food things it's poison?

    I wonder what they think of corn ethanol?

    Oh she was a peach. I can't remember what started it, I think it had something to do with KFC, she said that it was evil because they use chemicals in the chicken, and when we prompted her to name the evil chemicals she said sodium bicarbonate. You know, baking soda. She wouldn't back down though. Said she doesn't consume it. EVER.

    Ahh the toxic baking soda chicken... good times.
  • Rocketqueeen
    Rocketqueeen Posts: 96 Member
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    Read this yesterday and was actually laughing out loud. Its really funny how many "doctors and scientists" come out of the woodwork when it comes to praying on gullible minds. Don't even get me started on the anti vax movement. :(
  • WinoGelato
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    diannethegeek wrote: »
    I have work I'm procrastinating from: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/30328467#Comment_30328467

    Oh thank you for digging that up. That was a fun one. Good times...
  • lemurcat12
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    crazyjerseygirl wrote: »
    Kruggeri wrote: »
    Do you guys remember a thread a few months back where a woman insisted that sodium bicarbonate was a toxin because they use it in rock quarry leaching processes or something like that? That was one of my favorite all time threads...

    So because they use food for non-food things it's poison?

    I wonder what they think of corn ethanol?

    Don't persons of that way of thinking generally hate corn anyway?

    It's so hard to keep track.
  • PeachyPlum
    PeachyPlum Posts: 1,243 Member
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    I am seriously craving fried chicken right now.
  • peachyfuzzle
    peachyfuzzle Posts: 1,122 Member
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    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    crazyjerseygirl wrote: »
    Kruggeri wrote: »
    Do you guys remember a thread a few months back where a woman insisted that sodium bicarbonate was a toxin because they use it in rock quarry leaching processes or something like that? That was one of my favorite all time threads...

    So because they use food for non-food things it's poison?

    I wonder what they think of corn ethanol?

    Don't persons of that way of thinking generally hate corn anyway?

    It's so hard to keep track.

    Depends on the moon phase.
  • x311Tifa
    x311Tifa Posts: 357 Member
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    This thread... My day has been made :)
  • sarahmaryfearnley
    sarahmaryfearnley Posts: 366 Member
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    PeachyPlum wrote: »
    I am seriously craving fried chicken right now.

    That's only because the Colonel puts an addictive chemical in his chicken that makes ya crave it fortnightly.
  • WinoGelato
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    sarahmaryfearnley wrote: »
    PeachyPlum wrote: »
    I am seriously craving fried chicken right now.

    That's only because the Colonel puts an addictive chemical in his chicken that makes ya crave it fortnightly.

    I think I used that quote in that thread before. It was filled with comedy gold!
  • PeachyPlum
    PeachyPlum Posts: 1,243 Member
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    sarahmaryfearnley wrote: »
    PeachyPlum wrote: »
    I am seriously craving fried chicken right now.

    That's only because the Colonel puts an addictive chemical in his chicken that makes ya crave it fortnightly.

    That's a relief! I'm addicted and can't help gorgingmyself, it's not that I lack willpower. I have a disease dammit!
  • peachyfuzzle
    peachyfuzzle Posts: 1,122 Member
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    sarahmaryfearnley wrote: »
    PeachyPlum wrote: »
    I am seriously craving fried chicken right now.

    That's only because the Colonel puts an addictive chemical in his chicken that makes ya crave it fortnightly.

    Crack is the 11th spice...
  • DaneanP
    DaneanP Posts: 433 Member
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    Great, now I'm craving popcorn chicken. :p
  • opalsthird
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    This is exactly why people have so much trouble managing their weight these days. There's always someone out there promoting some nonsense that has just enough truth in it to be scary. Before you know it, you don't know what to believe about food. The Food Babe is clearly not someone I want to go to for information about food. I go by one rule: if it's good, nutritious food, you can have it.
  • RhineDHP
    RhineDHP Posts: 1,025 Member
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  • brandiuntz
    brandiuntz Posts: 2,717 Member
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    <3 this thread so much.
  • crazyjerseygirl
    crazyjerseygirl Posts: 1,252 Member
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    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    crazyjerseygirl wrote: »
    Kruggeri wrote: »
    Do you guys remember a thread a few months back where a woman insisted that sodium bicarbonate was a toxin because they use it in rock quarry leaching processes or something like that? That was one of my favorite all time threads...

    So because they use food for non-food things it's poison?

    I wonder what they think of corn ethanol?

    Don't persons of that way of thinking generally hate corn anyway?

    It's so hard to keep track.

    Do they? What if we call it maize. Sounds more hipster-organic if we call it maize.
  • looneytunes32
    looneytunes32 Posts: 108 Member
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    threnjen wrote: »
    I think she is trying to garner some extra attention today

    What the actual he**??
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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  • imachias
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    usmcmp wrote: »
    My favorite quote from Food Babe comes from her airplane article:

    "The air you are breathing on an airplane is recycled from directly outside of your window. That means you are breathing everything that the airplanes gives off and is flying through. The air that is pumped in isn’t pure oxygen either, it’s mixed with nitrogen, sometimes almost at 50%."

    Apparently she skipped 4th grade science class that taught us that air is 78% nitrogen.

    She lost me when she said to sit near the front of airplane because the pilots get better air up there. Every airline pilot I've talked with says the air is the same everywhere in the airplane and as a pilot myself, I can tell you there's never been training on how to get the good air. And don't even get me started on her idiocy about pressurization.

    She's spreading a lot of disinformation and unfortunately too many people are eating it up.
  • crazyjerseygirl
    crazyjerseygirl Posts: 1,252 Member
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    imachias wrote: »
    usmcmp wrote: »
    My favorite quote from Food Babe comes from her airplane article:

    "The air you are breathing on an airplane is recycled from directly outside of your window. That means you are breathing everything that the airplanes gives off and is flying through. The air that is pumped in isn’t pure oxygen either, it’s mixed with nitrogen, sometimes almost at 50%."

    Apparently she skipped 4th grade science class that taught us that air is 78% nitrogen.

    She lost me when she said to sit near the front of airplane because the pilots get better air up there. Every airline pilot I've talked with says the air is the same everywhere in the airplane and as a pilot myself, I can tell you there's never been training on how to get the good air. And don't even get me started on her idiocy about pressurization.

    She's spreading a lot of disinformation and unfortunately too many people are eating it up.

    Man. I wish I had a job where I could just make *kitten* up. Bloody scientific method!

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