FWIW, I've confirmed that to be the strucure of BISPHENOL-A in my organic chemistry book, Morrison & Boyd's.
Posted on 03/05/2007 5:46:55 PM PST by neverdem
I was looking for "Perinatal Programming of Obesity: Interaction of Nutrition and Environmental Exposures," when I found this from Frederick S. vom Saal and his co-author. Check this out. I'm saving it.
They have gotten us to fill our environment with chemicals that help to fatten us up for the slaughter.
Global Warming is just a way to slow cook us for extra flavor!
/sarcasm
See DNA Methylation
Oh horse crap!
That would be the Wraith.
People need to stop making excuses for disgusting eating habits and a dearth of exercise.
"To Serve Man":
http://www.pistolwimp.com/media/50801/
I think something is causing all these kids to be obese. And it IS more than just eating. Many of them eat diets that are moderate and still can't lose the weight. You can say its a generational thing, but when I was a kid, I ate tons of sugary crap and stayed rail thin.
I think the super-intelligent space aliens have finally created the ultimate combo:
Double-western-bacon-cheeseburger, large fries, large coke, and a four-hour session of Halo II.
The anti-intellectual faction of FR struck again. It didn't take long for the folks (who obviously know better) to proclaim that this study is a farce. Thank you for your post (despite them).
One assumes that they think that the University had an ulterior motive for publishing their findings and that the results weren't put to scrutiny. They must have been paid by the Twinkie Lobby...
Oil for the deep fryer?
Yep... out with the Huffy in with the XBox.
Not to mention the fact that Mom is too busy to cook a healthy sit down dinner or send junior to school with a sensible home made lunch.
That's my favorite episode.
The research on this subject is mixed. There's a collection of studies that say there are problems with this stuff and an equal number that disagree. You can guess which ones the plastics industry cites. Bisphenol-A even has it's own 'we love this stuff' website.
I wonder about the use of the sucrose as a cheap replacement for regular sugar.
Then there is the insane ubiquitous carbonation of EVERYTHING. Do people even drink water any more?
Just anecdotally, all the fat kids I know have fat parents. And since I live in a small town I can say that that has been the case for as many as 4 generations.
Quickly now, name the 19 classes of organic compounds.
Yeah, when I was a kid, my pediatrician kept telling me over and over to stop eating, get exercise and I'd lose weight. None of it worked. She was a broken record. I finally got a real diagnosis. Hypothyroidism via Hashimoto Thyroiditis.
I was then informed that the exercise I was doing was hurting me more than doing me good by straining my heart.
http://www.umm.edu/endocrin/hashim.htm
When you have NO natural metabolism, there is no amount of exercise or diet that will level your weight.
That is not to say that every single kid out there has an endocrine problem, but I know there are exceptions.
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