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Do you think our mainstream food supply is healthy?
yes 33%  33%  [ 3 ]
no 67%  67%  [ 6 ]
never given it much thought 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
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14 Sep 2010, 1:10 pm

http://motherjones.com/environment/2010 ... pa-in-cans

It is really disgusting that our food supply is riddled with toxic chemicals. Even seeds you plant in the ground contain GMO...the only way to avoid this is buy organic and grow from heirloom seeds...just so that you food is REAL food not a toxic concoction of chemicals.

Anyway, I wanted to let you all know, so you can make informed food purchases.

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14 Sep 2010, 2:25 pm

I voted no. I don't know what the implications of this plastic might be, but soup and many other canned foods are high in salt and fat and contain little else, which makes them poor nutritional choices even if the cans ultimately prove not to be a problem.

Soup leaches vast quantities of excess sodium into our diet. So why have manufacturers and regulators failed to act?



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14 Sep 2010, 2:44 pm

sgrannel wrote:
I voted no. I don't know what the implications of this plastic might be, but soup and many other canned foods are high in salt and fat and contain little else, which makes them poor nutritional choices even if the cans ultimately prove not to be a problem.

Soup leaches vast quantities of excess sodium into our diet. So why have manufacturers and regulators failed to act?

You've never heard of canned vegetables? There's more to canned goods than soup. There's nothing wrong with eating soup, especially low-sodium soup anyway.

It's not as if all cans have BPA anyway. I have bought canned goods without BPA.



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14 Sep 2010, 4:11 pm

Even with vegetables, you'll do better with fresh or frozen than with canned. Canning involves application of heat to sterilize the contents, and then the items age in transport and on the shelf, destroying much of the vitamin C.



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14 Sep 2010, 6:53 pm

Do I think our food is healthy? Probably not. Do I care? Most certainly not!



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15 Sep 2010, 6:02 am

sgrannel wrote:
I voted no. I don't know what the implications of this plastic might be, but soup and many other canned foods are high in salt and fat and contain little else, which makes them poor nutritional choices even if the cans ultimately prove not to be a problem.

Soup leaches vast quantities of excess sodium into our diet. So why have manufacturers and regulators failed to act?


So make your own soup from raw ingredients.

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15 Sep 2010, 12:00 pm

Thing is a lot of these manufacturing processes haven't changed much in the past half-century and back then companies didn't care if trace amounts of certain chemicals were harmful as long as they can still make a buck on it. These trace chemicals have been in our system for over a generation now and could some it be linked to the increases in health and mental ailments? Probably.

As for BPA, it's been a bit of a gray area as far as to how dangerous it is. Many countries seem to think it's okay as long as it's in very low amounts... But I think it can still add up if you have many products with BPA in them. Japan banned BPA in food containers and are now using PET. I wonder if PET is more pricey to use and that's why manufacturers haven't tried it.


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15 Sep 2010, 7:08 pm

Proof in the Process topic

All food made by someone else is problematic. i read package labels but there is much that is probably not mentioned.

This BPA is a hormone disruptor, and was not in cans/plastic bottles when I was a kid. No wonder there is so much obesity/early puberty. :evil:


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