Buoyed by our visit with family in Ottawa last weekend, Terry and I continue to try eating more vegetables and fewer meat and dairy products this year. I’ve stopped drinking milk altogether however I can’t seem to give up my penchant for meat lovers’ pizza. Some habits are hard to break.
My resolve to avoid fast foods was reinforced by the label that McDonald’s is now using on its cardboard french fry containers in California. It reads:
Chemicals known to cause cancer, or birth defects or other reproductive
harm may be present in foods or beverages sold or served here. Cooked potatoes
that have been browned, such as french fries, hash browns and baked potatoes,
contain acrylamide, a chemical known in the State of California to cause cancer.
Other foods sold here, such as hamburger buns, biscuits and coffee also contain
acrylamide, but generally in lower concentrations than fried potatoes.
Acrylomide is not added to our foods, but is created whenever potatoes and certain
other foods are browned. The FDA has not advised people to stop eating baked
potatoes, fried potatoes or other foods which contain acrylamide.
It seems California is always in the vanguard of such health initiatives.
Just when I thought I was on the right eating track, a recent You Tube video that my daughter Janice sent my way has made me realize that eating vegetables and avoiding meat, dairy, and fast foods may not be all it takes to guard against an insidious foe like cancer.
Here’s the link below. Watch and learn as I did from a young girl named Elise. Her simple science experiment has prompted Terry and I to make our first visit to the local organic food store today. It was also the reason why we celebrated the anniversary of our first date over forty years ago (yikes!...how time flies) with lunch two weeks ago at a Middle Eastern restaurant which featured a vegetarian menu.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ugqjGgWNAY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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