On tap for today’s Buffet: a major food recall; an informative food blog; a disturbing study about pesticides and ADHD; and a sight you’ll never forget (no matter how hard you try.)
No Nibbling on Raw Cookie Dough For a While
Just read last night that 380 million (!) eggs are being recalled for salmonella. A CNN report here gives the details, lists the brands in question, and tells you which foods may contain raw eggs.
Cutting Through Food Confusion
I recently stumbled on the Fooducate blog written by Hemi Weingarten, a high-tech executive and father of three from the Bay Area. Weingarten’s great at cutting through the confusion surrounding food and “nutritionism,” giving readers the straight story on a wide variety of food products in posts that are concise and well-researched. (But I am bummed that I may have to rethink the Kashi cereal I eat every morning.)
Washing Fruits and Vegetables to Prevent ADHD
A recently released study from U.C. Berkeley correlates pregnant mothers’ pesticide exposure with the eventual development of ADHD in children. The mothers studied were in agricultural communities and likely exposed to far higher levels of pesticides than most people, but the study still urges expectant mothers to wash commercially grown fruits and vegetables before eating them. More here.
Strawberry Ice Cream? Think Again.
I’m almost sorry to do this to you, but take a look at this photo from Fooducate– and be horrified. And then back away slowly from those processed chicken nuggets.
Have a great weekend, everyone! More Lunch Tray on Monday . . . .
Jamie says
EWWWWWWWW!!!!!
bettina elias siegel says
Like I said, sorry! 🙂
Jamie says
No, don’t be sorry…thank you. BTW: love the Fooducate Blog as well. I just read a blog about the WF Andi system and he stated my gripe with them exactly: organic junk food is still junk food. As usual: thanks for more great info! have a great weekend 🙂
Anthony Ranieri says
happily, i have not eaten that sort of processed food in over 25 years, so i don’t feel the need to go take a 6-hour long shower. that’s gross. i’m posting the meat paste photo on facebook immediately to affirm the dietary choices of, well, all of my friends.
Viki says
I posted that pic and link on facebook.
Yucko.
thanks b.
Waverly says
The chicken nugget stuff HAS to be passed on. That is everything you want to know in a nutshell! I am sharing that post in my FB.
Thank you!
Em says
That chicken thing nearly made me pass out. One of the reasons I stopped eating meat to begin with was that I saw a film of a hotdog factory, with similar pink sludge zipping around to happy music.
Alana @ Domestically Challenged says
And I *totally* just ate some cookie dough. Blergh.