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Unhealth foods (aka "Don't eat the pond scum")

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Unhealth foods (aka "Don't eat the pond scum")

Postby Cyborg Girl » Sat Mar 08, 2014 3:34 am

It's been known for a while that alfalfa sprouts should not be on anyone's menu. Now blue-green algae joins that category, with such downstream side effects as
- Lou Gherig's disease
- Parkinsonism
- Dementia (including Alzheimer's disease)

Apparently even very low doses of BMAA can cause these conditions with enough exposure time...

I've been skeptical of "superfood" claims for a while, but hot damn, I never expected anything like this. :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Re: Unhealth foods (aka "Don't eat the pond scum")

Postby Swift » Fri Mar 14, 2014 10:35 pm

Who the heck eats blue-green algae, other than some fish and insect larve?

By the way, what a lot of people call pond scum is really a plant called Duckweed.
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Re: Unhealth foods (aka "Don't eat the pond scum")

Postby SciFiFisher » Fri Mar 14, 2014 11:14 pm

Swift wrote:Who the heck eats blue-green algae, other than some fish and insect larve?



All sorts of people who think it might cure what ails them. ;)
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Re: Unhealth foods (aka "Don't eat the pond scum")

Postby Loresinger » Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:41 pm

I am of the opinion that breathing is hazardous to your health (at least over time).

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Re: Unhealth foods (aka "Don't eat the pond scum")

Postby cid » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:22 am

Have you heard the latest? Saliva causes cancer.

But don't worry -- it's only dangerous swallowed in small amounts over long periods of time...
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Re: Unhealth foods (aka "Don't eat the pond scum")

Postby code monkey » Mon Mar 17, 2014 9:42 am

cid wrote:Have you heard the latest? Saliva causes cancer.

But don't worry -- it's only dangerous swallowed in small amounts over long periods of time...

shouldn't you be studying?
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Re: Unhealth foods (aka "Don't eat the pond scum")

Postby cid » Wed Mar 19, 2014 12:30 am

code monkey wrote:
cid wrote:Have you heard the latest? Saliva causes cancer.

But don't worry -- it's only dangerous swallowed in small amounts over long periods of time...

shouldn't you be studying?


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Re: Unhealth foods (aka "Don't eat the pond scum")

Postby Sigma_Orionis » Wed Mar 19, 2014 2:05 am

Why is it that every time I read the title of this thread I I get the song "Don't Step on the Grass Sam" going in my head? :confused:
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Re: Unhealth foods (aka "Don't eat the pond scum")

Postby Cyborg Girl » Fri Oct 17, 2014 10:19 pm

Here's another one: agave nectar as a low glycemic sweetener. Hey, low glycemic index means less fattening right?

Nope. It's got a low glycemic index because it contains more fructose than high-fructose corn syrup. Whee!
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Re: Unhealth foods (aka "Don't eat the pond scum")

Postby SciFiFisher » Fri Oct 17, 2014 11:43 pm

Gullible Jones wrote:Here's another one: agave nectar as a low glycemic sweetener. Hey, low glycemic index means less fattening right?

Nope. It's got a low glycemic index because it contains more fructose than high-fructose corn syrup. Whee!


Frankly, all low glycemic really means is that it will spike your blood sugar slower. High calorie, low glycemic index, foods will still make you fat. Sorry to burst your bubble. :P
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Re: Unhealth foods (aka "Don't eat the pond scum")

Postby Loresinger » Sat Oct 18, 2014 12:37 pm

At my age LOOKING at food makes me fat LOL
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Re: Unhealth foods (aka "Don't eat the pond scum")

Postby Cyborg Girl » Sat Oct 18, 2014 4:31 pm

SciFiFisher wrote:Frankly, all low glycemic really means is that it will spike your blood sugar slower. High calorie, low glycemic index, foods will still make you fat. Sorry to burst your bubble. :P


In the case of agave nectar it's actually worse than that, because fructose is metabolized in the liver. Use of high-fructose corn syrup in lots of food items is theorized to be responsible for the widespread nonalcoholic fatty liver disease that doctors in the US are currently seeing.
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Re: Unhealth foods (aka "Don't eat the pond scum")

Postby SciFiFisher » Sat Oct 18, 2014 4:55 pm

Gullible Jones wrote:
SciFiFisher wrote:Frankly, all low glycemic really means is that it will spike your blood sugar slower. High calorie, low glycemic index, foods will still make you fat. Sorry to burst your bubble. :P


In the case of agave nectar it's actually worse than that, because fructose is metabolized in the liver. Use of high-fructose corn syrup in lots of food items is theorized to be responsible for the widespread nonalcoholic fatty liver disease that doctors in the US are currently seeing.


Technically speaking it's probably the OVER CONSUMPTION of high fructose corn syrup that is causing the problem. which is why most of the reliable experts on nutrition use the word "moderation" a lot. :P
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Re: Unhealth foods (aka "Don't eat the pond scum")

Postby Cyborg Girl » Sat Oct 18, 2014 11:22 pm

Well yes, and moderation is difficult when it turns up in lots and lots of products... Or when you're sweetening your coffee with agave nectar. :P
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