Eating For Health

Who doesn’t like some fast food?   It is so easy to drop in any fast-food establishment and grab a bite to eat, either for a meal or for a quick snack.   But are you getting more than food at a fast-food restaurant?   Consumer Reports and others are reporting along with your food, you could be getting some dangerous chemicals found in the containers and wrappers.   What are these dangerous chemicals? Consumer Report testers found PFAS chemicals in many different types of fast-food packaging.   PFAS stands for “per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances “or PFAS.    These chemicals were actually invented in 1938 when Roy Plunkett found a chemical that lasts a very long time and a chemical “resistant to heat, water, oil, and corrosion”.   That is why PFAS chemicals are called “forever chemicals”, they last a long time and don’t break down.   There isn’t just one PFAS chemical, but over 9,000 different ones. Why do Fast Food places use these ch...

Who knew there are things you are doing that can sabotage your weight loss efforts.   Chemicals in food and other substances that may promote weight gain and not weight loss.   What are these chemicals and where are they Chemicals that may be sabotaging your weight:   What are some things that can sabotage your weight loss progress that you didn’t think about?   Did you know that there are chemicals in your everyday life that may promote the pounds rather than shed the pounds?   The U.S. News & World Report has an interesting article , Chemicals May Be Keeping You Fat .   What are these chemicals and what do they have to do with your weight? What are the chemicals?   They are called PFASs, substances found in food packaging, and in common household cleaners.   They include chemicals such as BPA and BPS. What do these chemicals have to do with our weight?   A study in PLOS Medicine , found that people who lost weight were more lik...