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January 3, 2007
AP Spins For Food Nazis
BelchSpeak shines light on a nauseating example of AP once again working hand-in-hand with political extremists — this time as part of the moonbat campaign to control our diet.
The left-wing propaganda service responsible for so much of what is presented to us as news helpfully provided a soapbox to a Virginia housewife and concerned mother named Maureen Cohen, who just happened to get curious about the levels of acrylamide in her reduced-fat Pringles potato chips. The fact that Cohen is the daughter-in-law of a food Nazi activist who works for the Center for Science in the Public Interest is skillfully played down. CSPI has been waging a legal war against Pringles' parent company Proctor and Gamble for using olestra.
Though the AP piece implies that acrylamide causes cancer, this is doubtful. Some even think it might prevent cancer.
Apparently the worst thing about acrylamide is that it doesn't sound like something you would want to eat. Yet it occurs naturally when starchy foods are cooked at high temperatures. No one adds it deliberately.
It seems we can now add cooked vegetables to the long and growing list of foods liberals don't think we should be allowed to eat.
Posted by Van Helsing at January 3, 2007 4:52 PM
Comments
Worried about acrylamide? Don't eat the damn Pringles. Sheesh!
Posted by: Pam at January 3, 2007 5:30 PM
It's that damn mustached guy on the Pringles can. I knew always knew he was up to no good!
Posted by: David Drake at January 3, 2007 5:39 PM
They did prove it causes cancer... in mice genetically engineered to get cancer at the drop of a hat who were force-fed massive amounts of the stuff. Adjusting for body size you'd have to eat several pounds of pringles every day for your entire life in order to ingest the same relative amount, and I rather suspect you'd have other much more immediate problems than a theoretical risk of cancer.
Posted by: Archonix at January 4, 2007 1:30 PM
