Monday, July 22, 2013
We made the top ten!
My husband and I made a very fun 1 minute video called the Bike Club. It made the ten in the courier 1 minute video contest. Please vote... contest.vancourier.com
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Shocking!
Never would have guessed there were this many addidtives...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kristin-wartman/food-additives_b_853751.html
"Based on the anecdotal information I see in my client's food journals, people eating processed and packaged foods are taking in exorbitant amounts of artificial ingredients and additives. Typically, a client will say something like, "I eat a bowl of cereal with low-fat milk, have yogurt for a snack, and a Subway sandwich for lunch." While this sounds relatively harmless, here's what it might actually look like based on some popular "health food" items:
One serving of Kellogg's Fiber Plus Antioxidants Berry Yogurt Crunch contains more than 13 different additives, preservatives, and food dyes, including Red 40 and Blue 1, which are known to cause allergic reactions in some people and mutations leading to cancer in lab animals. It also contains BHT, monoglycerides, and cellulose gum. In addition, conventional milk often contains residues of artificial bovine growth hormones, known endocrine disruptors as well as antibiotics used in industrial milk production.
Dannon Light & Fit Peach yogurt contains more than 11 different additives including Red 40, aspartame, potassium sorbate, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium.
A Subway sandwich of turkey and cheese on nine-grain bread with fat-free honey mustard, peppers, and pickles contains more than 40 different additives, preservatives, and dyes. The pickles and peppers have yellow 5 and polysorbate 80, the bread has ten different additives including dough conditioners, DATEM, and sodium stearoyl lactylate, and the turkey contains ten additives as well.
The person in this example has consumed more than 60 food additives eating breakfast, a small snack, and lunch alone, to say nothing of dinner, dessert, further snacking and drinks. Consumers Union's Dr. Hansen told me, "I wouldn't be surprised if it were up to 100 additives or more that people are taking in on a daily basis.""
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kristin-wartman/food-additives_b_853751.html
"Based on the anecdotal information I see in my client's food journals, people eating processed and packaged foods are taking in exorbitant amounts of artificial ingredients and additives. Typically, a client will say something like, "I eat a bowl of cereal with low-fat milk, have yogurt for a snack, and a Subway sandwich for lunch." While this sounds relatively harmless, here's what it might actually look like based on some popular "health food" items:
One serving of Kellogg's Fiber Plus Antioxidants Berry Yogurt Crunch contains more than 13 different additives, preservatives, and food dyes, including Red 40 and Blue 1, which are known to cause allergic reactions in some people and mutations leading to cancer in lab animals. It also contains BHT, monoglycerides, and cellulose gum. In addition, conventional milk often contains residues of artificial bovine growth hormones, known endocrine disruptors as well as antibiotics used in industrial milk production.
Dannon Light & Fit Peach yogurt contains more than 11 different additives including Red 40, aspartame, potassium sorbate, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium.
A Subway sandwich of turkey and cheese on nine-grain bread with fat-free honey mustard, peppers, and pickles contains more than 40 different additives, preservatives, and dyes. The pickles and peppers have yellow 5 and polysorbate 80, the bread has ten different additives including dough conditioners, DATEM, and sodium stearoyl lactylate, and the turkey contains ten additives as well.
The person in this example has consumed more than 60 food additives eating breakfast, a small snack, and lunch alone, to say nothing of dinner, dessert, further snacking and drinks. Consumers Union's Dr. Hansen told me, "I wouldn't be surprised if it were up to 100 additives or more that people are taking in on a daily basis.""
Monday, April 25, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Recycling VHS tapes
Here is a great article in Metro News from a great column by Queen of Green, Lindsay Coulter. I actually wrote in with this question. No, I haven't moved to Port Moody. Not sure why she thought I lived there as I had said "Vancouver". Anyhow, here is the scoop: http://www.metronews.ca/toronto/comment/article/835130--what-to-do-with-those-old-vhs-tapes
Thursday, April 14, 2011
mls addict
When I have more important things to do, like my taxes, I love to browse on mls. We could be living in a mansion near Burnaby Lake for just over 1 million. It seems like a lot of money to someone in Leduc, AB or Halifax, Nova Scotia but if you saw what neighbour's house looks like and she sold it for 1. 255 you will understand my disbelief. A part of me thinks, sell your shack and upgrade. You'll still be living by water. It won't be the ocean but lakes are nice too. Then I think, of gawd, how long would it take to clean a house that is 4,408 sqft? How much additional furniture and things would I need to aquire to fill that vacuous space. Imagine all the DUSTING! I could just see Coco sitting in her room, listening to "How To Train Your Dragon" on CD (It is awesome!) for hours on end and I wouldn't see her all day. Hazel would be off in the west wing, trying on everything in her closet and I would be dusting in the east wing. Weird.
Very interesting
I love politics but I think I might love psychology more and definitely sociology.
I thought it was pretty fascinating that everyone forgot that Premiere Gordon Campbell was a convicted DRUNK DRIVER and voted him in for one more term.
This taken from wikipedia "In January 2003, Campbell was arrested and pled no contest for driving under the influence of alcohol while vacationing in Hawaii. According to court records Campbell's blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit. In Hawaii, drunk driving is only a misdeamour, in Canada it is a Criminal Code offence. As is customary in the United States, Campbell's mugshot was provided to the media by Hawaiian police. The image has proved to be a lasting personal embarrassment, frequently used by detractors and opponents. Campbell was fined $913 (US) and the court ordered him to take part in a substance abuse program, and to be assessed for alcoholism. A national anti-drinking and driving group, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Canada called for Campbell to resign."
Now we are having another election in Canada and everyone has really forgotten about the sponsorship scandal under the Liberals. Basically, advertising agencies supporting the Liberal Party received grossly inflated commissions for their services. We spent a lot of money on a commission to basically ascertain that advertising agencies supporting the Liberal Party received grossly inflated commissions for their services. I guess to say the Liberal party is corrupt is a very controversial thing. That was then, this is now.
I thought it was pretty fascinating that everyone forgot that Premiere Gordon Campbell was a convicted DRUNK DRIVER and voted him in for one more term.
This taken from wikipedia "In January 2003, Campbell was arrested and pled no contest for driving under the influence of alcohol while vacationing in Hawaii. According to court records Campbell's blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit. In Hawaii, drunk driving is only a misdeamour, in Canada it is a Criminal Code offence. As is customary in the United States, Campbell's mugshot was provided to the media by Hawaiian police. The image has proved to be a lasting personal embarrassment, frequently used by detractors and opponents. Campbell was fined $913 (US) and the court ordered him to take part in a substance abuse program, and to be assessed for alcoholism. A national anti-drinking and driving group, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Canada called for Campbell to resign."
Now we are having another election in Canada and everyone has really forgotten about the sponsorship scandal under the Liberals. Basically, advertising agencies supporting the Liberal Party received grossly inflated commissions for their services. We spent a lot of money on a commission to basically ascertain that advertising agencies supporting the Liberal Party received grossly inflated commissions for their services. I guess to say the Liberal party is corrupt is a very controversial thing. That was then, this is now.
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