Monday, July 12
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The above picture represents the amount of junk food one child in the UK eats in a year. One in Three kids in the UK between the ages of 5-13 is already considered obese. It’s worse in the United States.
Junk food mountain: The astonishing amount of rubbish one child eats every year | Mail Online.
Apparently the reason they removed the cocaine from Coke was because it was redundant:
In the first 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor, allowing you to keep it down.
20 minutes: Your blood sugar spikes, causing an insulin burst. Your liver responds to this by turning any sugar it can get its hands on into fat. (And there’s plenty of that at this particular moment.)
40 minutes: Caffeine absorption is complete. Your pupils dilate; your blood pressure rises; as a response, your liver dumps more sugar into your bloodstream. The adenosine receptors in your brain are now blocked, preventing drowsiness.
45 minutes: Your body ups your dopamine production, stimulating the pleasure centers of your brain. This is physically the same way heroin works, by the way.
> 60 minutes: The phosphoric acid binds calcium, magnesium, and zinc in your lower intestine, providing a further boost in metabolism. This is compounded by high doses of sugar and artificial sweeteners also increasing the urinary excretion of calcium.
> 60 minutes: The caffeine’s diuretic properties come into play. (It makes you have to pee.) It is now assured that you’ll evacuate the bonded calcium, magnesium, and zinc that was headed to your bones as well as sodium, electrolytes, and water.
> 60 minutes: As the rave inside you dies down, you’ll start to have a sugar crash. You may become irritable and/or sluggish. You’ve also now, literally, pissed away all the water that was in the Coke. But not before infusing it with valuable nutrients your body could have used for things like hydrating your system, or building strong bones and teeth.
This will all be followed by a caffeine crash in the next few hours. (As little as two if you’re a smoker.) Want to know what happens after that? Check out what happens to your body after you drink a coke, every day for a long time.
Coke itself isn’t the enemy here. It’s the dynamic combo of massive sugar doses combined with caffeine and phosphoric acid, which are found in almost all sodas. Moderation, people
via Updated Post: What Happens to Your Body If You Drink a Coke Right Now? « Blisstree.
Crispy Vegetable Rolls - $13
So my vegan girlfriend wanted to get some raw organic vegan food…oh brother.
What are Raw Organics?
Raw organics are foods that are free of animal by product and processed/refined sugars. These foods are heated below 118 degrees (hence the name of Cafe 118), presumably in order to preserve as much of the food’s natural vitamins, enzymes, nutrients and fiber as possible. By definition, they’re dairy-free…we’re talking freshly prepared, organically grown fruits, vegetables and nuts.
Lasagna - $18
We visited Cafe 118 in Winter Park which serves only raw organics. As it was our first visit, our server, Danielle, was super helpful in explaining the menu. While not inexpensive, it was one of the best dining experiences I’ve had in a long time.
We started with some $8 dairy free “milk” shakes, made with almond milk. Mine was called “Sundae Drive”, which is basically a chocolate banana sundae in a shake with some hemp protein added. She had the Divine Cherry, made with cherries, cacao and banana.
Beet Ravioli
Next came the Crispy Vegetable Rolls ($13). Carrot, Cabbage in almond dressing with a sweet & sour dipping sauce. They were delicious and the sauce is fantastic.
For a main entree, I had the Lasagna ($18), which really was quite like real lasagna…minus the noodles. Sun dried tomatoes, herb pesto with a macadamia ricotta. She had the Beet Ravioli ($14) made with the macadamia ricotta, arugula and a pear wine sauce.
Smores $8 and Chocolate Hazelnut Tart $8
It’s hard to believe you can feel full from this stuff…but trust me…it’s quite filling. Especially when you add the delicious dessert. Danielle was pushing the dairy-free ice cream, but we ordered the Smores (amazing!) and the Chocolate Hazelnut Tart (so rich!).
Cafe 188 is located at 153 East Morse Blvd, Winter Park Florida (1 block off Park Avenue).
You can check out their website here: www.cafe118.com
I’ll be back for some ice cream next time. 
Exposure to pesticides used on common kid-friendly foods — including frozen blueberries, fresh strawberries and celery — appears to boost the chances that children will be diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, new research shows.
Youngsters with high levels of pesticide residue in their urine, particularly from widely used types of insecticide such as malathion, were more likely to have ADHD, the behavior disorder that often disrupts school and social life, scientists in the United States and Canada found.
Pesticides in kids linked to ADHD, study finds – Kids and parenting- msnbc.com.
Santa Clara County, California became the first in the nation to ban toys from fast food kids’ meals high in calories, fat, salt and sugar (more than 485 calories).
County supervisor Ken Yeager said Tuesday that the ordinance “prevents restaurants from preying on children’s love of toys to peddle high-calorie, high-fat, high-sodium kids’ meals,” and would help fight childhood obesity.
Perhaps Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution is working!
I’d rather see parents taking responsibility for their kids’ food rather than politicians passing laws, but whatever it takes!
Toys banned in some California fast food restaurants – CNN.com.
A lot of debate is raging across the country on Health Care Reform. But for me, the true litmus test for whether or not the current proposed legislation is a win for the Insurance companies is to watch their stocks.
In the past month the stock prices of the top 4 health insurers (WellPoint, Aetna, UnitedHealth and CIGNA) rose an average of 2.8%.
This could mean two things: 1) The current proposed legislation is a win for the Insurance companies, or 2) Investors don’t think the legislation will pass.
With most odds makers betting on legislation passing, it just looks like this is a win for the Insurers.
The level of anger and hatred displayed by the Tea Party protesters in this video is appalling. Simply appalling. I can not believe actual human beings would act this way towards another person.
One white dude in a tie, khaki pants and donning shades and a cell phone strapped to his belt can be seen literally THROWING DOLLARS at another man who sits silently on the ground with a sign that reads “Got Parkinson’s? I do and you might. Thanks for helping.”
These Tea Party protesters have fallen into the trap of becoming so entrenched in their principles that they’ve forgotten how to be a human being….how to be an American.
True Americans care. True patriots don’t scream or throw angry dollars at others who have debilitating diseases (remember when Rush Limbaugh mocked Michael J. Fox, saying he was faking his shakes?). This kind of behavior is similar to what we were seeing last summer during the “Town Hall Meetings”. I dubbed it Angryface syndrome.
It’s also why I’ve lost total respect for anyone who chooses to associate themselves with the Tea Party. The Tea Party is filled to the brim with closet racists, religious fanatics and some of the most hateful and narrow-minded people in the country. They’re not patriots, they’re self-entitled scumbags who don’t deserve any compassion.
They certainly display no capacity for compassion in this video. Don’t take my word for it…watch the pleated pants dickwad for yourself:
YouTube – Tea Partiers Mock And Scorn Apparent Parkinson’s Victim.
Yesterday I dropped off a prescription at my neighborhood Walgreens drive-through. I had never ordered this particular prescription so I had to ask the pharmacy tech to clarify a few things for me, which he did.
At the end of our conversation the pharmacy guy said, “you got it, Boss!”
As we drove away, my friend Stacey (who was in the car with me) and I proceeded to have a whole conversation about people throwing out undeserved nicknames like “boss” and how there’s usually something undeniably condescending about their use, regardless of intent.
When I went back the next day to pick up my order, the same kid was there and he called me “boss” again, so I aimed at him with my finger pistol and said, “Right back atcha, Chief.”
(That’ll show him!)
Except then he responded with, “Oh, thanks…I’m 1/4 Cherokee.”
What could I do?
So I killed him dead.
Now I’m on the lam. But it was sooo worth it.
Don’t call me Boss.
