%85 of kid's drinks and snacks lead tainted..???!!! - Page 3

squirell nutkin · 06-15-2010, 11:50 AM

Yeah. One of the case studies we read about was a kid who had really high levels and they came and tested the whole house, nothing. Turns out the dad worked at a car battery plant and even though he changed out of his clothes at work he brought home enough lead to raise his whole families levels to above an action level.

He changed jobs and everyone's levels dropped.

maybe 85% of the testing was done by a guy who collects lead soldiers as a hobby.

HungLikeJesus · 06-15-2010, 09:17 PM

I'm agreeing with the UT on this one.

Clodfobble · 06-15-2010, 09:35 PM

I guess if your diet is so shitty that fruit juice is your best source of nutrients... by all means, go for it.

I'm not in the business of deciding what's relatively healthy for the rest of the self-destructive, bacon-gorging, raw-cookie-dough-spooning, powdered-cheez-product-inhaling, diabetic soda junkies out there. For my kids, personally, fruit juice is actually the least healthy thing they consume, even ignoring its alleged lead content. We're not all Smoking Pregnant Ladies (TM).

xoxoxoBruce · 06-15-2010, 09:40 PM

Well, maybe you're not pregnant, but you are smokin'.

HungLikeJesus · 06-15-2010, 09:43 PM

Hey everybody - Clodfobble is dissing bacon!

Snickers Bars are my best source of nutrients.

Clodfobble · 06-15-2010, 10:19 PM

I admit, I find the general internet bacon meme to be overplayed. Yeah yeah, it's a tasty piece of meat that's bad for you in large quantities, I get it.

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Snickers Bars are my best source of nutrients.

Not bad... you'd only have to eat 100 of them to get a full day's allowance of most vitamins and minerals. That's better than I was thinking. But you'd still get no B12, so you'd better add a steak in there for balance.

monster · 06-15-2010, 10:38 PM

It's not overplayed round these parts. Even in my educated-about-nutrition household -and the household of my gluten-free, organic-products-only friend. Some/most of us are fortunate enough to be healthy enough to eat crap more than we should and hope that we're getting all the right nutrients without actually tracking them. Fruit Juice is not necessarily our "best source of nutrients", but it's up there in our five servings a lot of days. You seems to have lost sight of the average family diet ...and maybe even how to enjoy food. Maybe there's no way for you to enjoy food and I'm sorry about that -but really... this food nazi suit does your general awesomeness no justice. And I do think you're awesome. Except when you diss bacon.

Clodfobble · 06-15-2010, 10:48 PM

The actual eating of real bacon is fine. It's the meme I'm tired of. People making sculptures out of it, or wrapping a cigarette in bacon while they smoke it, and putting photos of it online thinking they're all anti-establishment or something. Sorry, I'm just grumpy. It's been a crappy week. I should probably just go eat some bacon.

monster · 06-15-2010, 10:59 PM

ok, sorry, I missed that angle of your gripe. I get that -why waste perfectly good bacon, I say....

make sure you chocolate-coat yours first, though -I've heard dark chocolate has all sorts of good nutrients

HungLikeJesus · 06-16-2010, 12:55 AM

Just think, in chocolate covered raisins, it's the raisins that are bad for your teeth.

Undertoad · 06-16-2010, 10:18 AM

Everything we know is wrong.

I read a study the other day that said whole milk drinkers have less heart disease than skim milk drinkers. It turns out the fat in milk includes one of the important omega-3 fats.

jinx · 06-16-2010, 10:27 AM

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Everything we know is wrong.

Because for every study - there are 3 more that find the opposite results.

Spexxvet · 06-16-2010, 10:35 AM

Hey Clod, Ever consider getting a juicer. The best apple juice I've ever tasted was frash from a juicer. If you buy fresh fruit and clean it well, you might eliminate all the lead.

Undertoad · 06-16-2010, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by jinx

Because for every study - there are 3 more that find the opposite results.

Coffee is bad for you!

No, coffee is good for you!

Spexxvet · 06-16-2010, 10:41 AM

On the other hand...

06-15-2010, 11:50 AM	#31
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	Yeah. One of the case studies we read about was a kid who had really high levels and they came and tested the whole house, nothing. Turns out the dad worked at a car battery plant and even though he changed out of his clothes at work he brought home enough lead to raise his whole families levels to above an action level. He changed jobs and everyone's levels dropped. maybe 85% of the testing was done by a guy who collects lead soldiers as a hobby. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

06-15-2010, 09:17 PM	#32
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I'm agreeing with the UT on this one. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

06-15-2010, 09:35 PM	#33
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I guess if your diet is so shitty that fruit juice is your best source of nutrients... by all means, go for it. I'm not in the business of deciding what's relatively healthy for the rest of the self-destructive, bacon-gorging, raw-cookie-dough-spooning, powdered-cheez-product-inhaling, diabetic soda junkies out there. For my kids, personally, fruit juice is actually the least healthy thing they consume, even ignoring its alleged lead content. We're not all Smoking Pregnant Ladies (TM). __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

06-15-2010, 09:40 PM	#34
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Well, maybe you're not pregnant, but you are smokin'. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-15-2010, 09:43 PM	#35
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Hey everybody - Clodfobble is dissing bacon! Snickers Bars are my best source of nutrients. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

06-15-2010, 10:38 PM	#37
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	It's not overplayed round these parts. Even in my educated-about-nutrition household -and the household of my gluten-free, organic-products-only friend. Some/most of us are fortunate enough to be healthy enough to eat crap more than we should and hope that we're getting all the right nutrients without actually tracking them. Fruit Juice is not necessarily our "best source of nutrients", but it's up there in our five servings a lot of days. You seems to have lost sight of the average family diet ...and maybe even how to enjoy food. Maybe there's no way for you to enjoy food and I'm sorry about that -but really... this food nazi suit does your general awesomeness no justice. And I do think you're awesome. Except when you diss bacon. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-15-2010, 10:48 PM	#38
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	The actual eating of real bacon is fine. It's the meme I'm tired of. People making sculptures out of it, or wrapping a cigarette in bacon while they smoke it, and putting photos of it online thinking they're all anti-establishment or something. Sorry, I'm just grumpy. It's been a crappy week. I should probably just go eat some bacon. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

06-15-2010, 10:59 PM	#39
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	ok, sorry, I missed that angle of your gripe. I get that -why waste perfectly good bacon, I say.... make sure you chocolate-coat yours first, though -I've heard dark chocolate has all sorts of good nutrients __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-16-2010, 12:55 AM	#40
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Just think, in chocolate covered raisins, it's the raisins that are bad for your teeth. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

06-16-2010, 10:18 AM	#41
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Everything we know is wrong. I read a study the other day that said whole milk drinkers have less heart disease than skim milk drinkers. It turns out the fat in milk includes one of the important omega-3 fats.

06-16-2010, 10:35 AM	#43
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Hey Clod, Ever consider getting a juicer. The best apple juice I've ever tasted was frash from a juicer. If you buy fresh fruit and clean it well, you might eliminate all the lead. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

06-16-2010, 10:41 AM	#45
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	On the other hand... __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

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