15 Food Facts I bet you didn't know...

[Anthony]

1. I love wine ? most people on here (or on my facebook page) know that. But this fact is gross enough to even make me reconsider it! When grapes are harvested by machine for wine making, the machine shakes the grapes off the vine. But this also means that insects, birds and basically anything else in the vine comes off too. Cheap wine makers don?t generally sort the grapes before pressing, so all of that extra stuff goes into the wine. Expensive makers (fortunately?) have sorting tables, and can remove up to 99% of the MOG (material other than grapes). That means that 1% or more of the juice in the wine is probably dead animals. The author of this story has even seen dead mice in the wine press.

2. Speaking of wine, when a vineyard wants to make its wine beautifully clear, they use a process called fining. To do this, certain finings are added to the wine. Typically this is isinglass (collagen from sturgeon?s bladders), gelatin (from animals hooves and bones), clay and ox blood.

3. According to the environmental working group, more than 90% of peaches, apples, nectarines and strawberries tested were found to contain pesticides ? even after washing or peeling.

4. The popular sushi fish, bluefin tuna, contains high amounts of mercury. Consumption of mercury can lead to an increase in the risk of heart disease. You might want to think about that next time you eat sushi. <<< This is pretty common knowledge I would think.

5. 70% of chickens raised for human consumption in the US are given the FDA approved food additive arsenic. The arsenic is used as an antibiotic. Unfortunately, it gets worse. Much of the arsenic ends up in the chicken poop, which is then generally used as fertilizer on fields for growing other foods. Don?t believe me? Check this out. Mind you, we probably shouldn?t be surprised, considering the FDA also approve beaver ass juice, borax, poop, and more.

Read more here http://listverse.com/2011/02/10/15-f...ul-food-facts/

[L-Pink]

So much for my lunch plans ....... thanks


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[2012]

healthy people are bad for business

[Sly]

I've known about #4 but bluefin is so fucking good I'm willing to die early for it!

[TheDoc]

I think with the fish mercury, it's just some types of fish, not all.. and you have to eat a good amount of it, daily basically - for it to be of any threat.

Glad I don't like wine much.

[Tom_PM]

I dunno, pregnant women are advised to only eat fish once a week. Any fish. Because of the mercury issue.

Crushed egg shells can also be used to fine wine and other drinks.

[CaptainHowdy]

Life kills ...

[TheDoc]

Originally Posted by PR_Tom

I dunno, pregnant women are advised to only eat fish once a week. Any fish. Because of the mercury issue.

Crushed egg shells can also be used to fine wine and other drinks.

Everything that lives in the water has some mercury in it.. it's how much they have is the question. If I remember correctly though, it was Tuna, Sword, Mackerel and Shark, that they warned not to eat much of - or avoid all together for prego moms - and what we shouldn't eat daily.

A prego mom needs to eat fish, the omega-3 fatty acids make your kid's IQ go way the hell up - so if a doctor did tell say that, smack them and get a new doctor.

I grew up on catfish, crappie and striper, so do prego moms in our area. Some parts of the world eat it for every meal. You have to eat like 24 oz of catfish a week to even think of eating too much - that's why they say mix it up, so you can eat it every day if you like.

[Sly]

Originally Posted by TheDoc

I think with the fish mercury, it's just some types of fish, not all.. and you have to eat a good amount of it, daily basically - for it to be of any threat.

Glad I don't like wine much.

This is true. Tuna from a can is typically from very small tuna (I can't remember their name) that do not live long so they do not take in a lot of mercury. Bluefin are massive, have been alive for a while, and accumulate mercury. Marlins have the same issue.

[ottopottomouse]

Originally Posted by Anthony

1. I love wine ? most people on here (or on my facebook page) know that. But this fact is gross enough to even make me reconsider it! When grapes are harvested by machine for wine making, the machine shakes the grapes off the vine. But this also means that insects, birds and basically anything else in the vine comes off too. Cheap wine makers don?t generally sort the grapes before pressing, so all of that extra stuff goes into the wine. Expensive makers (fortunately?) have sorting tables, and can remove up to 99% of the MOG (material other than grapes). That means that 1% or more of the juice in the wine is probably dead animals. The author of this story has even seen dead mice in the wine press.

2. Speaking of wine, when a vineyard wants to make its wine beautifully clear, they use a process called fining. To do this, certain finings are added to the wine. Typically this is isinglass (collagen from sturgeon?s bladders), gelatin (from animals hooves and bones), clay and ox blood.

Good way to make sure nobody wastes good wine on vegetarians

[PR_Glen]

i don't want to ruin the surprise for everyone here but nothing in life is pure... suck it up and pass the mouse juice...

[Tom_PM]

Omega 3's? Just eat 42 grams of walnuts a day. I call it a handful

[woj]

damn, why did I have to read that?
now the food won't taste the same for weeks

[SykkBoy]

Originally Posted by Sly

I've known about #4 but bluefin is so fucking good I'm willing to die early for it!

I remember your first time eating sushi...good to see you still love it..
I try to get out and eat it often, but hard when my better half hates it, hehe

[SmokeyTheBear]

even tofu has animals in it, rice , corn , wheat, i'm sure they all have loads of chopped up gopher juices in them.

[~Ray]

Damn, and I was going to have beaver ass juice for dinner!

[DEA - banned for life]

fuck that im still drinking wine eating sushi throwin down chickn wings..


im hungry !

[alexchechs]

Another reason that sticking to free range organic chicken is the move to make

[CDSmith]

We're talking several tons of grapes vs very small and rather random chance amounts of unwanted ingredients, so I think the ratio of wine to "badatives" is pretty wide.

#2 is kind of misleading. Yes, finings like isinglass are used, BUT the process involves it attaching to and pulling down the sediments to the bottom of the bottle or container, and then the cleaner wine is later syphoned into another container. The sediments are discarded (including the isinglass).

So It's not as if those evil collagens and gelatins and ground hooves are remaining in the wine.

I had wine with dinner last night, I'll be having some tonight as well.

Here's to mouse juice and ground hooves.

[spazlabz]

well there is an article I wish I had not read... funny about the fast food employee that was not fired for spitting and pissing in food but got fired for missing work... classic

[lazycash]

Originally Posted by Sly

I've known about #4 but bluefin is so fucking good I'm willing to die early for it!

I agree, and my understanding is that once or even twice a week in moderation is ok with respect to mercury consumption. Sadly though, the fish is probably going to die off before you do or in a couple years become incredibly expensive to eat as its being fished to extinction.

[jaYMan]

You are what you eat. I guess I'm synthetic!

;) Ant, you're another one I'm hunting.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by jaYMan

You are what you eat. I guess I'm synthetic!

;) Ant, you're another one I'm hunting.

No need to hunt, just call homie.

[loreen]

[Scott McD]

Originally Posted by jaYMan

You are what you eat.

Yup, we are all full of shit!

[Antonio]

Originally Posted by lazycash

Sadly though, the fish is probably going to die off before you do or in a couple years become incredibly expensive to eat as its being fished to extinction.

If they let the mad scientists loose, they are going to fill up the oceans with genetically modified fish in no time

[fuzebox]

Originally Posted by CDSmith

#2 is kind of misleading.

I think you just described most "omg food is gross" articles...

[dicksman42]

Who knows what the fuck we are eating daily...you ever had a porkchop from a superstore like Walmart? What kind of shit is that meat?