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Pop corn fumes can be dangerous

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The smell of buttery microwave popcorn can be intoxicating. But can it also be dangerous?

The question took on new significance recently when a doctor alerted federal regulatory agencies that a Colorado man who ate at least two bags every night for several years had "significant lung disease" similar to that seen in some microwave popcorn workers.

The illness - the first suspected case in a consumer - was linked to the man's habit of inhaling fumes from extra-buttery microwave popcorn, which contains the chemical diacetyl. The additive gives foods a buttery taste and has been linked to severe lung disease in some microwave popcorn and flavour plant workers.

Dr Cecile Rose, the lung specialist who examined the 53-year-old furniture salesman, says it "looks like a possible case, but we can't be sure." In her letter to federal officials, she said though it is hard to make a causal connection, "we have no other plausible explanation."

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Doctors in India have removed a three-inch piece of a toothbrush, including the business end, from a 31-year-old woman's nose.

The woman claims she is not sure how the toothbrush ended wedged in her nasal cavity.

She says, “Around two months ago as I was brushing my teeth, my husband accidentally pushed me and the toothbrush in my hand broke. I was left holding the lower portion of the brush but couldn’t locate the rest of it. Soon after, I started bleeding profusely from the nose,” she said.

She visited the family doctor to stop the bleeding. “But since that day, I began getting breathless and a foul smelling discharge began to come out of my nose. I used to get restless gasping for breath sometimes,” she said.

According to the doctor, it is impossible that the toothbrush could have entered the nasal cavity through the mouth. The woman’s father-in-law said his son lived separately and used to often fight with his wife as he was jobless. However, the woman has given a statement to the police that the brush had entered her nose accidentally.

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My say on this

Fad Diet’s what good are they really?
Admit it you have tried many diets and none of them work, or if they do its only for a short time. The only diet that will work is a ‘life style change’ go to the pantry remove everything and start again.
Try less cookies ’biscuits’ potato chips or any snack food with a long self-life. Get rid of the fruit drinks as well as the fizzy drinks, water is free.
Next place to attack is the refrigerator, start at the freezer dump half the ice cream, and them get rid of all those pizza type things like pies. I’m not saying don’t eat any junk food that’s not realistic but if you only have a small amount in stock you might find room for good foods.
Try eating only food that’s in season it tastes much better and is healthy. Don’t eat things like cool store apples that have been picked six months ago they are very low in nutrients, even the vegetables you buy at the super markets are more than likely past their best by the time they get to your plate.
Why not plant a few vegetables in your garden? You can put them in pots if there’s not room. A friend of mine just plants things like tomatoes potatoes amongst his plants and they grow just fine.
Last but not least, get rid of the bathroom scales. If you need confirmation you have lost weight stand in front of the mirror naked. Then get dressed and see how others will see you. Do you really need the extra stress that those scales bring?
Most of all if you feel good you are healthy enough.
Don’t be fooled by the so called experts,they keep changing their minds on what good for us and as a result keep putting books out there for us to buy, and we do over and over again.
Just one example is eggs, first its yes they are good for you then some smarty said no all that colestrol will kill you. I saw a test where they ate nothing but eggs for two weeks and guess what the cholesterol actually dropped so I think eggs in moderation are good, they are a vitamins where the good outlays ‘pun intended’ the bad .

Remember do as I say not as I do ………I eat chocolate, drink wine beer and scotch and love it. LOL