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Cars Original500© Member  Love Living Large
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Looks like it's going to be just, "Peanut Butter & Jelly" sandwiches for me from now on!!! 
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AussiePam Original500© Member  Wild Child
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There's really two issues here. Firstly it's patriotic to eat the food produced in your own country. This supports your own industries. Against this. We are all connected by trade, and this includes importing as well as exporting. And a load of global economic realities. Against this. People like the best value products and some will (or have to) opt for low cost over quality. Against this. People often want to eat seasonal food out of season, and to do this may have to buy non-local produce. The second issue is that people from developed countries are not just trying to have something, anything to eat, so they don't starve. We want healthy food, and this has produced an industry in itself. At the same time producers want profits and this may mean genetically modifying produce to be bigger and better, treating animals with hormones etc, using pesticides, using preservatives to enhance shelf life. Then there's the issue of unintentional pollution, like mercury levels in homecaught fish. ------------ All I'm trying to say is that this is a very complex issue. And it really boils down to each consumer making a series of choices, based on their politics, their knowledge awareness of the health side, their ability to shop around and their budget.
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AussiePam Original500© Member Wild Child
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Oh and by the way, on that peanut butter sandwich you're about to tuck into, Cars... I was reading the other day that peanut allergies have skyrocketted. Not though in Asia, where lots of peanuts are consumed, because there they are apparently boiled.. We others now roast them at a very high temperature with additives, and this apparently releases chemicals which produce the adverse reactions. This info is second hand and I havent time right now to check it out... grin. We need you, Marie.
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Marie5656 Forum-Blogger© Original500© Member  Just hanging out
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AussiePam wrote: Oh and by the way, on that peanut butter sandwich you're about to tuck into, Cars... I was reading the other day that peanut allergies have skyrocketted. Not though in Asia, where lots of peanuts are consumed, because there they are apparently boiled.. We others now roast them at a very high temperature with additives, and this apparently releases chemicals which produce the adverse reactions. Hmm...roasted peanuts, allergies...I'm on it.
 
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Marie5656 Forum-Blogger© Original500© Member Just hanging out
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Hey Aussie...I found it. This is from a journal article, so it is a bit techno-speak, but still understood. Submitted to: Journal of Allergy Clinical Immunology Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal Publication Acceptance Date: January 1, 2004 Publication Date: April 1, 2004 Citation: Schmitt, D.A., Maleki, S.J., Chung, S. 2004. The effects of boiling, frying and roasting on the allergenicity of peanuts. Journal of Allergy Clinical Immunology. 113:520. Interpretive Summary: Consumption of peanuts is widespread in the United States (U.S.), Great Britain and Canada. The rate of peanut allergies in these countries is also increasing. This increase in the rate of peanut allergies, as well as their persistence and severity, make peanut allergies an increasing health risk. In the U.S., Great Britain, and Canada the majority of peanuts consumed are dry roasted, while in China, which has a lower occurrence of peanut allergies, the majority of peanuts consumed are either fried or boiled. In this study, we will compare the effects of boiling, frying, and roasting on Ara h 1 and Ara h 2, the major allergens found in peanuts. Samples obtained from boiled, fried, and roasted peanuts will undergo various tests to determine their effects on the ability of peanuts to induce peanut allergies. These tests demonstrate that thermal processing altered peanut proteins, especially the major peanut allergens Ara h 1 and Ara h 2, which resulted in decreased solubility and increased ability of these proteins to induce an allergic reaction to peanuts. We previously demonstrated that roasting peanuts increased the ability of peanuts to induce allergies to peanuts. The results of this study show that boiling and frying peanuts also increases the ability of peanuts to induce allergies to peanuts. Technical Abstract: The use of peanuts and peanut products is widespread in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. The prevalence of allergies to peanuts is increasing in these countries, and coupled with the persistence and severity of these allergies, makes them an increasing public health risk. In the United States, Great Britain, and Canada, the majority of peanuts consumed are roasted to improve flavor. In contrast, in China, which has a much lower occurrence of peanut allergies, the majority of peanuts consumed are either boiled or fried. In this study, we will compare the effects of boiling, frying, and roasting on the allergenicity and solubility of Ara h 1 and Ara h 2. The soluble and insoluble fractions of extracts from boiled, fried, and roasted peanuts will undergo sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) in order to separate individual protein on a gel. The gel will either be stained with Gel-Code Blue stain to visualize the proteins, or the proteins will be transferred to PVDF membrane, which will then undergo Western blot analysis. SDS-PAGE showed that in all three samples, Ara h 1 and Ara h 2 became less soluble as the length of exposure to heat increased. This was confirmed by Western blot analysis using antibodies against Ara h 1 and Ara h 2. These analyses also demonstrated that the various forms of heating induces differential modification of Ara h 1 and Ara h 2. In addition, binding of IgE from peanut-allergic individuals is increased in all samples tested. Frying and boiling, as well as roasting, decreases the solubility and increases the allergenicity of Ara h 1 and Ara h 2.
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AussiePam Original500© Member Wild Child
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You are impressive, Marie!! I shall stick to cashews I think. Watched a Dr House episode last night where some poor bastard was dying from consuming too many brazil nuts or something. The surreal delectibleness of Hugh Laurie blurred my concentration.
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Cars Original500© Member Love Living Large
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Looks like I'm going to be reduced to eating only "jelly" sandwiches now!!!
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AussiePam Original500© Member Wild Child
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Yeah but check the label on the jelly, Cars, and as fer the bread... is it made from genetically modified grain, or grain swamped in pesticides. Much better just to drink water... er, but of course only if it's certified content free - H2O without the H or the O bits. OR You could eat drink and be merry - because we're all eventually gonna die anyway, so might as well enjoy the seafood and the champers and the peanut butter and the coffee..
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