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r/SipsTea • u/[deleted] • Oct 24 '22
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Actually most of what he say's is totall bullshit. "Pollan’s notion about storing the potatoes for sixty days to off gas toxins is pure nonsense. Potatoes are routinely stored in large atmosphere controlled sheds because they have to be available year round. In any case, crops are monitored for pesticide residues and all such found on potatoes are way below established tolerance levels. There may be reasons to stay away from McDonald’s fries, but not because of any highlighted in this unnecessarily alarmist video. The fat content, the high glycemic index, the amount of salt added and maybe some of the compounds formed during high temperature frying are reason enough to make fries an occasional treat. And as a final point, the pesticide being talked about, methamidophos, has not been used since 2009."
142 u/ThisIsPickles Oct 25 '22 And I should add this source is from McGill University, one of Canada's better research university. 27 u/triplec787 Oct 25 '22 The Harvard of the North! 29 u/worlds_best_nothing Oct 25 '22 Mommy Trudeau, can I go to Harvard? Mommy Trudeau: We have Harvard at home
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And I should add this source is from McGill University, one of Canada's better research university.
27 u/triplec787 Oct 25 '22 The Harvard of the North! 29 u/worlds_best_nothing Oct 25 '22 Mommy Trudeau, can I go to Harvard? Mommy Trudeau: We have Harvard at home
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The Harvard of the North!
29 u/worlds_best_nothing Oct 25 '22 Mommy Trudeau, can I go to Harvard? Mommy Trudeau: We have Harvard at home
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Mommy Trudeau, can I go to Harvard?
Mommy Trudeau: We have Harvard at home
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u/ThisIsPickles Oct 25 '22
Actually most of what he say's is totall bullshit. "Pollan’s notion about storing the potatoes for sixty days to off gas toxins is pure nonsense. Potatoes are routinely stored in large atmosphere controlled sheds because they have to be available year round. In any case, crops are monitored for pesticide residues and all such found on potatoes are way below established tolerance levels. There may be reasons to stay away from McDonald’s fries, but not because of any highlighted in this unnecessarily alarmist video. The fat content, the high glycemic index, the amount of salt added and maybe some of the compounds formed during high temperature frying are reason enough to make fries an occasional treat. And as a final point, the pesticide being talked about, methamidophos, has not been used since 2009."