As anyone who knows me can attest, I am an "As Seen on TV" junkie, therefore I bought one of these things ten years ago. Let me just say that anything that requires "transmittance gel" should really be used in a hospital setting under a trained professional's observation, otherwise, you could end up cooking your liver from the outside, or more frequently, causing a muscle spasm so great you almost break in half, wherein some "know it all" will say, "You could'a done that with a screwdriver and a light socket."
When people across America are found slumped under the hoods of their cars with jumper cables attached to their belly buttons, they will have the WSJ to blame.
It's not the popcorn we should be worried about. It's the copious amounts of other snack food items that have infiltrated the theater experience and our olfactory senses while watching Sandra Bullock movies…like nachos, hot dogs, pizza, cheesesteaks (So totally not kidding!), chicken fingers, and all kinds of jalapeno, pretzel bite, bites. Good God, it's a veritable smorgasbord, smorgasbord , in the damn place now. Smells like a Manhattan morning on trash day, and you practically need a Weight Watchers meeting and a gastric emptying study just to get through the door!
Forget popcorn, just bring raisins and milk duds in a little baggie like my grammy used to…save some money and your arteries. Servicey!
Also though - the Times article is bs. It says one theatre "got points for" switching to canola oil. REAL coconut oil is a monounsaturated oil rich in medium-chain fatty acids and is actually healthier than canola oil. It's very good for your skin, nerves and brain.
@Spirit Fingers: I have carried many a lumpy backpack into the movies. I bring my own oiless, saltless microwaved popcorn lightly flavored with Redmond ancient sea salt and melted ghee. Weeee. (points off for the nuking though).
Signed, coastal elite moonbeam, fighting the power.
The NYT is so pathetic when it comes to reporting on health issues that it should be banned from doing so from this point forward.
The "study" the story is built around was an epidemiological study, so it's based on correlations and data-mining, which anyone knows can be outcome-controlled simply by changing the end points.
The Times devotes one paragraph to this:
A small double-blind randomized study conducted at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center found that non-lactating women lost more body fat than lactating women at six months, and at a faster rate.
A double-blind randomized study is going to be far more accurate than data mining. Perhaps the danish people who tend to breast feed also tend to have more resilient metabolisms, or have different gut bacteria (which is usually genetic with geographic influences). But for the Times, all that really matters is press-release reporting and propagating nutrition myths. #health
I can see a new classifieds section going up on Craigslist for men willing to suckle lactating mums. But wait........it says small humans. Damn you! Men from NJ... #health
@momof3wildkids: It's the influenza diet! It's free, except for the medical bills that you'll be slapped with when you develop life threatening complications. Otherwise, a total deal - no expensive meal plan or work out equipment! #health
@momof3wildkids: I wasn't as bad as you, but I came down with the flu (I'm assuming swine strain) a couple weeks ago and it wasn't at all fun. Had some mild asthma problems, but nothing serious. Hope you're feeling better! #health
@momof3wildkids: Isn't it awesome? I can't wait till my next round of botulism. This is why I am obsessed with danger-foods like raw beef and sushi from odd places. #health
@jaxdesert: I had a friend who had tainted raspberries from Guatamala about 12 years ago. She looked fabulous for an entire summer until she had to do something to clear up the infection.
Now, at the ripe ole age of 42, she frantically scans the supermarket aisle to find out from where the winter raspberries are imported. Hard to find some from Guatamala. #health
Okay, okay, I know this is all hilarious and whatnot but seriously, the number of parents who think that because it's labeled "juice" kids should be able to drink as much as they want is MIND-BOGGLING! Juicing and juicers are a scam, no one needs simple sugars delivered directly to their bloodstream in mass quantities except maybe someone in a diabetic coma. You can take in like an extra 4-500 calories a day like nothing. I applaud the comment below hoping Obama splits the FDA into their component food and drug parts - the misinformation regarding nutrition is epic. Thanks agribusiness lobby! I WILL drink milk until I'm 90! #fitness
@Hiroine Protagonist: Why, thank you. I think he should name you and I the czars on each respective agency, too. I'm ready for it. "Kick ass and take no prisoners" ready, that is. #fitness
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Forget popcorn, just bring raisins and milk duds in a little baggie like my grammy used to…save some money and your arteries. Servicey!
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Also though - the Times article is bs. It says one theatre "got points for" switching to canola oil. REAL coconut oil is a monounsaturated oil rich in medium-chain fatty acids and is actually healthier than canola oil. It's very good for your skin, nerves and brain.
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Signed, coastal elite moonbeam, fighting the power.
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Before you dismiss this, look at the evidence. #health
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The "study" the story is built around was an epidemiological study, so it's based on correlations and data-mining, which anyone knows can be outcome-controlled simply by changing the end points.
The Times devotes one paragraph to this:
A small double-blind randomized study conducted at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center found that non-lactating women lost more body fat than lactating women at six months, and at a faster rate.
A double-blind randomized study is going to be far more accurate than data mining. Perhaps the danish people who tend to breast feed also tend to have more resilient metabolisms, or have different gut bacteria (which is usually genetic with geographic influences). But for the Times, all that really matters is press-release reporting and propagating nutrition myths. #health
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All told, in the past three weeks I've dropped over 12 lbs and all I did was NOTHING.
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Now, at the ripe ole age of 42, she frantically scans the supermarket aisle to find out from where the winter raspberries are imported. Hard to find some from Guatamala. #health
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I've got an old breast pump for sale. #health
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