The "Food Babe" Blogger Is Full of Shit - Gawker - 2015 Apr 6 http://gawker.com/the-foo...
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"The word 'toxic' has a meaning, and that is 'having the effect of a poison.' Anything can be poisonous depending on the dose. Enough water can even be poisonous in the right quantity…."
- Victor Ganata
"And what about that 'carcinogenic' caramel color? Well, it turns out that it's not the only thing in your [Pumpkin Spice Latte] that's in carcinogen class 2b. There's also coffee."
- Victor Ganata
"Coffee is class 2b because of the acrylamide accumulated during the roasting process. Coffee, before Starbucks turns it into a milkshake, is pretty healthy for you. Class 2b means that all possible carcinogenic effects haven't been ruled out… but that it hasn't been shown to cause a single case of cancer."
- Victor Ganata
"If I told you that a chemical that's used as a disinfectant, used in industrial laboratory for hydrolysis reactions, and can create a nasty chemical burn is also a common ingredient in salad dressing, would you panic? Be suspicious that the industries were poisoning your children? Think it might cause cancer? Sign a petition to have it removed? What if I told you I was talking about vinegar, otherwise known as acetic acid?"
- Victor Ganata
"Hari claims going organic will save you from pesticides, but organic farming uses pesticides too. Some of them are far more toxic than conventional pesticides. (Remember, the dose makes the poison. Neither apple would have enough pesticide by the time it reaches market to be harmful.)"
- Victor Ganata
Myth busting: Are synthetic pesticides, used with some GMOs, more dangerous than natural ones? - Genetic Literacy Project http://geneticliteracyproject.org/2015...
- Victor Ganata
"The difference between organic and conventional? For a product that's no healthier, organic is more expensive and they give Hari a commission." #FollowTheMoney http://foodbabe.com/shop...
- Victor Ganata
"She wrote that passengers are sometimes sprayed with pesticides before flights, and that airplane air is pumped full of nitrogen. Please recall high school science, in which you hopefully learned that the atmosphere is 78% nitrogen."
- Victor Ganata
"But wait, didn't she say that the Pumpkin Spice Lattes had a toxic dose of sugar at fifty grams in a grande? So why does she endorse Suja when it has forty-two grams of sugar and even comes with a warning on its website that it's not suitable for diabetics?"
- Victor Ganata