Recently I wrote a column on hot dogs that are advertised as having no synthetic preservatives. The reference is to nitrites that are used to prevent botulism. I pointed out that these “natural” hot dogs actually use celery juice as a preservative because of its high nitrite content. In the column I also objected to a billboard funded by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine that equated eating hot dogs to smoking cigarettes [To read more click on Title.]
posted @ Wednesday, September 21, 2011 10:39 PM |
Mention cranberry juice and “urinary tract infection” springs to mind. Most women and many men are familiar with the frequent urination and accompanying burning sensation that signals a bacterial invasion of the urinary tract. Today antibiotics solve the problem, but what did people do before? “Flushing the system” seemed a logical approach. All sorts of beverages were tried, but by the mid-1800s books on folkloric medicine were suggesting the use of cranberry juice[To read more click on Title.]
posted @ Monday, September 12, 2011 11:48 AM |