Remember the story of a black swan that fell in love with the big, white swan-shaped paddleboat last year?
Well, it must be true love as one year later, the couple is still together!
... No matter what park officials at the Aasee lake tried, Petra would not be separated from her true love.
One year later, the couple is still together, with Petra having spent her summer blissfully following the boat as it was pedalled around the lake. What's more, Petra is getting a brand new, winterized hutch so she can spend the cold months near her oversized, plastic sweetheart as well.
Every year, the rental boats are brought in so they are not damaged as the lake freezes over. Last year, though, Petra was so distraught when she was separated from her boyfriend the boat that the two -- the real and the fake swan -- were given the use of a pond in the nearby zoo for the winter. And Petra was handed the keys (more...) to a mini-shelter normally used by one of the zoo's pelicans.
This year, Petra and the pedal boat will likewise spend the winter in the pond, but a new hutch for Petra means the pelican need not vacate its home.
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- If the food exists in nature the way you consume it: it's generally ok.
- Or if the stuff it's made from exists in nature: it's generally ok. (So a properly made pizza is perfectly ok; it is made of real food. It get's problematic if it only consists of grease and cheese, but that would not be a properly made pizza.)
- Avoid anything that's deep fried. (Deep frying is like dipping perfectly healthy food into poison.)
- 1 soda can = water + 10 sugar cubes + chemicals (that do not grow in nature).
That's it off the top of my head.
- Oh and be very skeptical of self professed diet experts on the internet. ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalistic_fallacy
So are those "magic" chemicals then?
Where exactly did they "grow" and according to your theory they must have been transported to the soda factory by space aliens eh?
Is it really that hard to learn enough basic biochemistry to discuss nutrition without sounding like a complete nutjob?
eating a lot of saturated fat leads to more cholesterol in the blood, which can lead to a heart attack or stroke.
@Jessss: We're talking about food, not ethics.
And yes I know that it's a generalization to say that if it comes from the land (like vegetables from your vegetable garden) without going through a million processes in the factory is more healthy than the over-processed crap you can get in the stores, but did I really need to spell that out?
>>So are those "magic" chemicals then?
You are too clever for me!
But for some reason I don't think the food that comes straight from the farm (to keep the example simple) contains stuff like: Hydrogenated Oils, Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), Sodium Nitrite, Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) or Food Colorings. Which are just a few examples I found after 1 minute on ehow.
>>Is it really that hard to learn enough basic biochemistry...
Yes.
>>...to discuss nutrition without sounding like a complete nutjob?
Wow.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000171.htm
Fat is fat, saturated or not. like everything else we eat it must be in moderation. you should care how much fat you ingest.