Kosher certification

[JohnEngelman]

I am not Jewish, but I like Jews and Jewish things. When I buy food and detergent I look for Kosher certification. The largest and oldest certifying agency is the Orthodox Union. Its symbol is a U with a circle around it.

https://www.ou.org/

There are many other certifying agencies, as you can tell from this chart:

 

[JohnEngelman]

I posted this here by mistake. I should have posted this in the General Board section.

Nevertheless, I hope BrihtShinyGirl sees it.

 

[Saint_Ann]

I buy those Hebrew weiners.

 

[Rightguide]

I posted this here by mistake. I should have posted this in the General Board section.

Nevertheless, I hope BrihtShinyGirl sees it.

Dispel your anxieties, my dear sir. The eminent Comrade Rob will inevitably descend upon this scene to counteract your kosher iconography, brandishing his own grand, theological imprimatur of Hebraic hate.

 

[Jada59]

I had a Jewish roommate when I was young. Sharing a kitchen with him was tough. Sooo many rules!

Mainly he kept Petri dishes in the fridge. He was a med student.

When talking on the phone to my friends, they’d be like…. Please don’t open the fridge. Invariably, I’d get peckish and would open it. Then I’d scream! Something was always growing in there.

I don’t really know what he ate. He had dispose plates, cups, etc. He couldn’t use my Goy stuff.

Only food I ever saw snd smelled was a turkey. I came home from work to find a smoke filled apartment. He had put a turkey in s big foil pan and cooked it in the oven. He had NOT removed that plastic bag full of stuff prior to cooking.

That turkey sat in the pantry for over a week. Room temp. It smelled vile! But he ste it. Offered me sone. I declined.

Years later, I had a Jewish neighbor who schooled me in dietary laws. She could only eat food at mt parties if I did certain things.

I had to buy brand new platters. I used the yellow and orange ones for cheese. Green and blue for meat. Meat and cheese had to be stored on separate shelves in the fridge and served on different tables. I had to buy the meat at a kosher deli. It was inside a grocery store. But meat had to be rung up separately and bagged separately. Empty platters had to be stored, kept apart. Disposable everything! It was a pain. But I try to accommodate everyone. So I did it.

 

[JohnEngelman]

Judaism is a hygienic religion. The behavior condemned in Leviticus as unclean is likely to be behavior that spreads disease, like contact with dead bodies and feces. It should come as no surprise that most detergents are kosher certified.

Mammals and birds that are carnivorous are unclean. They may pick up parasites like trichinosis. The only fish that can be eaten have fins and scales. These have omega 3 oils, that are good for the blood. Shell fish have saturated fat, which can cause heart attacks and strokes.

 

[ll74]

Lol

 

[ll74]

Judaism is a hygienic religion. The behavior condemned in Leviticus as unclean is likely to be behavior that spreads disease, like contact with dead bodies and feces. It should come as no surprise that most detergents are kosher certified.

Mammals and birds that are carnivorous are unclean. They may pick up parasites like trichinosis. The only fish that can be eaten have fins and scales. These have omega 3 oils, that are good for the blood. Shell fish have saturated fat, which can cause heart attacks and strokes.

Religions aren't geared towards health and hygiene, dipshit.

 

[Typo Fu Master]

Shell fish have saturated fat, which can cause heart attacks and strokes.

Saturated fat causing heart disease is a myth.

 

[ll74]

Saturated fat causing heart disease is a myth.

Are you really this stupid?

 

[JohnEngelman]

Saturated fat causing heart disease is a myth.

That is one opinion, which still goes against the consensus.

 

[Typo Fu Master]

That is one opinion, which still goes against the consensus.

Here's some food for thought.

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The sugar industry funded research in the 1960s that downplayed the role of sugar in heart disease while blaming saturated fat instead. This effort, known as Project 226, helped shape public and scientific opinion, leading to a long-standing focus on reducing fat intake rather than addressing sugar consumption as a health risk. The sugar industry's tactics effectively shifted blame from sugar to saturated fat in dietary guidelines.
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/ip3/bbdnutrition.com.ico bbdnutrition.comhttps://external-content.duckduckgo.com/ip3/sugarscience.ucsf.edu.ico UC San Francisco

Overview of the Sugar Industry's Influence​

The sugar industry played a significant role in shaping dietary guidelines and public perception regarding the health risks associated with sugar and saturated fat. In the 1960s, they funded research that aimed to downplay the dangers of sugar while emphasizing the risks of saturated fat.

Key Events and Tactics​

Project 226​

• Initiation: In the mid-1960s, the Sugar Research Foundation initiated Project 226 to counter research suggesting sugar was a major contributor to heart disease.
• Funding: The project involved funding prominent Harvard researchers to conduct a literature review.
• Outcome: The resulting publication in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that reducing dietary cholesterol and saturated fat was the primary dietary intervention needed to prevent heart disease, effectively exonerating sugar.

Impact on Dietary Guidelines​

• Shift in Focus: The research funded by the sugar industry led to a long-term focus on reducing fat intake in dietary guidelines, overshadowing the risks associated with sugar consumption.
• Public Perception: This shift contributed to the widespread belief that saturated fat was the main dietary culprit in heart disease, while sugar's role was largely ignored.

Conclusion​

The sugar industry's strategic funding of research significantly influenced both scientific and public understanding of dietary risks, leading to a misattribution of blame from sugar to saturated fat in heart disease discussions. This has had lasting implications for dietary recommendations and public health policies.
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/ip3/sugarscience.ucsf.edu.ico UC San Franciscohttps://external-content.duckduckgo.com/ip3/bbdnutrition.com.ico bbdnutrition.com

 

[ll74]

Here's some food for thought.

Search Assist

The sugar industry funded research in the 1960s that downplayed the role of sugar in heart disease while blaming saturated fat instead. This effort, known as Project 226, helped shape public and scientific opinion, leading to a long-standing focus on reducing fat intake rather than addressing sugar consumption as a health risk. The sugar industry's tactics effectively shifted blame from sugar to saturated fat in dietary guidelines.
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/ip3/bbdnutrition.com.ico bbdnutrition.comhttps://external-content.duckduckgo.com/ip3/sugarscience.ucsf.edu.ico UC San Francisco

Overview of the Sugar Industry's Influence​

The sugar industry played a significant role in shaping dietary guidelines and public perception regarding the health risks associated with sugar and saturated fat. In the 1960s, they funded research that aimed to downplay the dangers of sugar while emphasizing the risks of saturated fat.

Key Events and Tactics​

Project 226​

• Initiation: In the mid-1960s, the Sugar Research Foundation initiated Project 226 to counter research suggesting sugar was a major contributor to heart disease.
• Funding: The project involved funding prominent Harvard researchers to conduct a literature review.
• Outcome: The resulting publication in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that reducing dietary cholesterol and saturated fat was the primary dietary intervention needed to prevent heart disease, effectively exonerating sugar.

Impact on Dietary Guidelines​

• Shift in Focus: The research funded by the sugar industry led to a long-term focus on reducing fat intake in dietary guidelines, overshadowing the risks associated with sugar consumption.
• Public Perception: This shift contributed to the widespread belief that saturated fat was the main dietary culprit in heart disease, while sugar's role was largely ignored.

Conclusion​

The sugar industry's strategic funding of research significantly influenced both scientific and public understanding of dietary risks, leading to a misattribution of blame from sugar to saturated fat in heart disease discussions. This has had lasting implications for dietary recommendations and public health policies.
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/ip3/sugarscience.ucsf.edu.ico UC San Franciscohttps://external-content.duckduckgo.com/ip3/bbdnutrition.com.ico bbdnutrition.com

You really are that stupid

 

[JohnEngelman]

Here's some food for thought.

Search Assist

The sugar industry funded research in the 1960s that downplayed the role of sugar in heart disease while blaming saturated fat instead. This effort, known as Project 226, helped shape public and scientific opinion, leading to a long-standing focus on reducing fat intake rather than addressing sugar consumption as a health risk. The sugar industry's tactics effectively shifted blame from sugar to saturated fat in dietary guidelines.
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/ip3/bbdnutrition.com.ico bbdnutrition.comhttps://external-content.duckduckgo.com/ip3/sugarscience.ucsf.edu.ico UC San Francisco

Overview of the Sugar Industry's Influence​

The sugar industry played a significant role in shaping dietary guidelines and public perception regarding the health risks associated with sugar and saturated fat. In the 1960s, they funded research that aimed to downplay the dangers of sugar while emphasizing the risks of saturated fat.

Key Events and Tactics​

Project 226​

• Initiation: In the mid-1960s, the Sugar Research Foundation initiated Project 226 to counter research suggesting sugar was a major contributor to heart disease.
• Funding: The project involved funding prominent Harvard researchers to conduct a literature review.
• Outcome: The resulting publication in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that reducing dietary cholesterol and saturated fat was the primary dietary intervention needed to prevent heart disease, effectively exonerating sugar.

Impact on Dietary Guidelines​

• Shift in Focus: The research funded by the sugar industry led to a long-term focus on reducing fat intake in dietary guidelines, overshadowing the risks associated with sugar consumption.
• Public Perception: This shift contributed to the widespread belief that saturated fat was the main dietary culprit in heart disease, while sugar's role was largely ignored.

Conclusion​

The sugar industry's strategic funding of research significantly influenced both scientific and public understanding of dietary risks, leading to a misattribution of blame from sugar to saturated fat in heart disease discussions. This has had lasting implications for dietary recommendations and public health policies.
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/ip3/sugarscience.ucsf.edu.ico UC San Franciscohttps://external-content.duckduckgo.com/ip3/bbdnutrition.com.ico bbdnutrition.com

High consumption of saturated fat and sugar are both unhealthful.

 

[Saint_Ann]

Gefilte fish looks like hog balls soaked in formaldehyde.

 

[JohnEngelman]

Religions aren't geared towards health and hygiene, dipshit.

Judaism is geared towards health and hygiene for reason's I explained.

The Gospel According to St. Mark 7:3-4
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

 

[JohnEngelman]

Gefilte fish looks like hog balls soaked in formaldehyde.

I have never thought of that way. I do like gefite fish.

 

[Saint_Ann]

I have never thought of that way. I do like gefite fish.

I saw a lot of hog balls growing up. Can't unsee it. Lol.

 

[ll74]

Judaism is geared towards health and hygiene for reason's I explained.

The Gospel According to St. Mark 7:3-4
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

Religion is not about health and hygiene . Sorry.

Any time it does is coincidence.

 

[Typo Fu Master]

High consumption of saturated fat and sugar are both unhealthful.

I agree. I wasn't trying to argue that.

Ideally, we should all be eating a diet that consists of whole foods which are minimally processed. I would argue that we should be eating more organ meats as well. I've had beef and chicken hearts and liver. Our ancestors were considerably less squeamish. I remember reading a story about a guy stranded at sea. He managed to survive by catching fish and as time wore on, the offal became more appealing and tasty to him.

"Kosher" salt is a mystery to me. It's a rock. I'm not sure what makes it "kosher." Without added iodine?

 

[eric_erosfan]

I can't even fathom not eating a food because some old dude in a beanie said I can't. Probably why I have no formal religion.

 

[JohnEngelman]

I agree. I wasn't trying to argue that.

Ideally, we should all be eating a diet that consists of whole foods which are minimally processed. I would argue that we should be eating more organ meats as well. I've had beef and chicken hearts and liver. Our ancestors were considerably less squeamish. I remember reading a story about a guy stranded at sea. He managed to survive by catching fish and as time wore on, the offal became more appealing and tasty to him.

"Kosher" salt is a mystery to me. It's a rock. I'm not sure what makes it "kosher." Without added iodine?

I like liver, but I cannot find it at the grocery stores I shop at.

The fat that comes from mammals should be avoided as much as possible. This includes butter fat. I only drink skim milk.

A vegetarian diet is desirable. Whole grains are short in lysine. Beans are short in methionine. By mixing whole grains with beans one can get complete protein. Quinoa, buckwheat, and soy beans have all the nine necessary amino acids in the right proportions, so they do not need to be mixed with anything.

Vitamin B 12 is only found in animal protein, but it is in multi vitamin pills. Strict vegetarians need to make sure they get vitamin B 12 supplementation.

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Kosher salt or kitchen salt[1] (also called cooking salt, rock salt, kashering salt, or koshering salt) is coarse edible salt usually without common additives such as iodine,[2][3][4][5] typically used in cooking and not at the table. It consists mainly of sodium chloride and may include anticaking agents.

Coarse edible salt is a kitchen staple, but its name varies widely in various cultures and countries. The term kosher salt gained common usage in the United States and refers to its use in the Jewish religious practice of dry brining meats, known as kashering, e.g. a salt for kashering, and not to the salt itself being manufactured under kosher guidelines. Some brands further identify kosher-certified salt as being approved by a religious body.[6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosher_salt

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Vitamin B-12 is a vitamin the body uses to make and support healthy nerve cells. It's also used to make healthy red blood cells and the genetic material inside cells called DNA. Vitamin B-12 also is called cobalamin.

Food sources of vitamin B-12 include poultry, meat, fish and dairy products. Food companies also may add vitamin B-12 to breakfast cereals. Some people may take it as a vitamin by mouth. Healthcare professionals might prescribe vitamin B-12 injectio ns or nasal spray to treat people with very low vitamin B-12 levels.

Having seriously low vitamin B-12 levels, called vitamin B-12 deficiency, isn’t common in the U.S. People who follow a vegetarian or vegan diet can sometimes have low levels. This is because plant foods don't have vitamin B-12.

Older adults and people who have had stomach surgery also are at risk because they may not absorb the vitamin as well. People with digestive conditions such as celiac disease and Crohn's disease also are at risk of low vitamin B-12 levels.

People with very low vitamin B-12 levels can have symptoms such as fatigue, muscle weakness, stomach problems, nerve damage, vision problems and mood changes. They also may have low iron, called anemia, or low blood counts.

The recommended daily amount of vitamin B-12 for adults is 2.4 micrograms (mcg). Older adults may need to eat more vitamin B-12. The ability to absorb vitamin B-12 lowers as a person gets older. Older adults may need to eat 10 to 12 mcg of vitamin B-12 to get enough of this vitamin.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements-vitamin-b12/art-20363663

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The total synthesis of vitamin B12 (cobalamin) was accomplished in 1972 by two different approaches between the collaborating research groups of Robert Burns Woodward at Harvard[1][2][3][4][5] and Albert Eschenmoser at ETH.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] The synthetic endeavor required the effort of 91 postdoctoral researchers (77 from Harvard, 14 from ETH)[13]: 9-10 [14], and 12 PhD students (from ETH[12]: 1420 ) over a period of almost 12 years.[5]: 1:14:00-1:14:32,1:15:50-1:19:35 [14]: 17-18  The synthesis project[15] induced and involved a major paradigm shift[16][17]: 37 [18]: 1488  in the field of natural product synthesis.[19][20][21]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_B12_total_synthesis

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My multi vitamin pills have 100 mcg in each pill.