Japanese Scientists Found To Be Complicit in ‘Potato Torture’

Vegetable Cruelty

Scientists from Obihiro University in Hokkaido, Japan have admitted to complicity in the routine torture of potatoes, it has been revealed.

Study leader Kazunori Hironaka claimed that the potatoes were being electrocuted to boost their antioxidant levels. He explained in an American Chemical Society News Release,

“Treating the potatoes with ultrasound or electricity for five to 30 minutes increased the amounts of antioxidants — including phenols and chlorogenic acid — by as much as 50 percent,”

He added that the use of ultrasound or electricity could be used to increase antioxidant levels in many other foods, and thus increasing their health benefits. The findings are due to be presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society this week in Boston.

Wait until the National Potato Council hears about this.

Source: Business Week

Obese Pregnant Women Advised Not To Become Pregnant With Food

Tens of women are known to have become pregnant with chocolatey food-babies.

A new study has shown that women who are overweight while pregnant may not need to gain any weight, as long as they focus on healthy, balanced eating.

Researcher Yvonne Thornton, MD, explained, 

“The take-home message is that you can eat well during your pregnancy without overeating, and pregnancy should not be a license to overeat, and pregnancy should not be a contributing factor to the epidemic of obesity in this country,”

The Institute of Medicine currently recommends that obese women gain between 11 and 20 pounds during pregnancy, but this new research finds that they can be healthy by maintaining their weight and a balanced diet.

Krispy Kreme will undoubtedly be disappointed by the news.

via: webMD

Obama Reveals Secret Latino Alliance By Ordering Cheeseburger With Jalapeños

President Barack Hussein Obama inadvertently revealed his secret alliance with extreme Latino political groups today by shunning the all-American cheeseburger for a Mexican-born jalapeño cheeseburger, it has been revealed. At around lunchtime today, Obama, with aides in tow, was driven to … Continue reading →

Researchers ‘Hear’ Shapes and ‘Taste’ Words, Deny Having Psychiatric Problems

Researchers have claimed that humans are all capable of “hearing” shapes and “tasting” words and sounds.

Scrabble: no longer the tastiest incarnation of words.

This merging of senses, known as synaesthesia, they say, helps us make sense of simultaneous sensory sensations by influencing our perceptions. Scientists from Oxford University found people associated lower-pitched sounds with rounder and larger shapes. 

Other cases of synaesthesia, less than 1% of the population, claim the ability to ‘see’ sounds, but Charles Spence, experimental psychology professor at the University, argues that we are all “synaesthetes” to a certain extent.

While the researchers deny having lost their minds, dieticians worry that the findings could lead to a wave of ‘word dieting’, in which people attempt to lose weight by cutting carbohydrates and eating their words.

via: BBC