MICROWAVING YOUR FOOD MAKES YOU FAT?

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MICROWAVING YOUR FOOD MAKES YOU FAT

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Posted By: JThursday, 11 October 2007, 3:07 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

True story: I used to be fat, but I cut out using microwave and I lost a lot of my gut. Read below: "The [british] government has admitted for the first time that almost half of all children will be dangerously overweight by 2050 if drastic action is not taken to halt the growth in childhood obesity." Official: obesity risk to half of all children Observer, 2 September 2007 "Professor Jane Wardle says obesity rates started to rise soon after 1984 - around the time of the rapid spread of microwave ownership. In 1980, 8% of women and 6% of men were classified as obese. By 2004 this had increased to 24% of men and women....Professor Wardle who is professor of clinical psychology at University College London said: 'I looked at the figures showing rates of obesity in the population over many years and it seem very clear it began between 1984 and 1987. So then we looked at what changes were going on in the food and activity world at that time and one of the striking changes was there were differences in the speed with which we could prepare a meal as a consequence of the introduction of microwaves." Did microwaves 'spark' obesity? BBC Online, 6 June 2007 "The first citizens' jury will meet this week to discuss youth and children's issues." Gordon Brown appoints Tory advisers Daily Telegraph, 3 September 2007 "A celebrity chef is in hot water with parents after sparking a culinary row by saying that making microwave food for children is an 'act of hate'. Instead Raymond Blanc has argued that parents should take the time to cook their children fresh food.... the National Family and Parenting Institute (NFPI) says knocking convenience food is unfair on busy parents. However Mr Blanc stood by his comments made during his book launch in Manchester earlier this week. 'Such food is full of additives and colourings and has very little taste and very little nutritional value. An act of love is when you cook for your children or your family,' he told Today. However, he accepted that the modern fast pace of life left little time for parents to spend slaving away in the kitchen." Chef sparks microwave meals row BBC Online, 3 October 2001 Yet People Have More Leisure Time Than They Used To "People have more leisure time than they used to. This is partly due to technological progress. Less time is spent on household chores because of various household durables which we now take for granted. The Family Resources Survey found that in 1998-99, 93 percent of Scottish households had a washing machine and 89 per cent had a deep freeze/freezer. Over three-quarters of Scottish households had a microwave oven and almost a quarter had a dishwasher (Table 10.12)." Lifestyles 2001 Scottish Social Statistics, Scottish Executive In This Bulletin BBC Did Microwave Ovens 'Spark' Obesity? Fast Food Or Fast Neurons? Microwave Irradiation May Influence Brain Function And Obesity How Often Do You Test Your Microwave Oven For Radiation Leakage? 'Now They Tell Us' The Full Impact Of Major Changes In Food Culture Can Take Decades To Surface "Parents have been warned of the effects of food additives on their children's behaviour after new research found a possible link to hyperactivity. A Food Standards Agency (FSA) study of 300 random children found they behaved impulsively and lost concentration after a drink containing additives.... The FAS has met representatives of the UK food industry to talk about the study's implications, but food safety campaigners say it has not gone far enough. Emma Hockridge, of the Soil Association, said the FSA should be taking a leading role in addressing the issue by undertaking initiatives to prevent the development of hyperactive disorders, through new policies to limit food additives. The Food Commission called on food manufacturers to voluntarily remove additives from their products.... Lead researcher Professor Jim Stevenson said the study, published in the Lancet, showed that certain mixtures of artificial food colours, alongside sodium benzoate, a preservative used in ice cream and confectionary, were linked to increases in hyperactivity. He added: 'However, parents should not think that simply taking these additives out of food will prevent hyperactive disorders. We know that many other influences are at work but this at least is one a child can avoid.' He said it was not possible to say which of the ingredients in the additives cocktail affected the children." Parents warned of additives link BBC Online, 6 September 2007 "It is more than 30 years since an American scientist, Ben Feingold, first suggested that artificial food colours and other additives caused overactive, impulsive and inattentive behaviour in children; this sort of hyperactivity is known to be a marker for later educational difficulties, especially problems with reading, and antisocial behaviour.... Since Feingold's original work, behavioural problems among schoolchildren have risen, as have diagnoses of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (see graph).... Experts were asking yesterday why it had taken the authorities so long to act and why they had not gone further to remove the additives from food.... ....The global additives market is worth more than $25bn (£12.4bn) a year. It grew by 2.4% a year between 2001 and 2004, when the food industry says it was transforming itself, and is growing rapidly." After 30 years of debate, fears over children's food confirmed Guardian, 6 September 2007 rest at link: http://www.nlpwessex.org/docs/microwaveobesity.htm