BPA levels skyrocket after eating canned soup

Harvard study shows that when eating canned soup versus freshly made soup, levels of BPA skyrocket. This apparently involves all canned food, regardless of organic content. This concerns me.

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1091274

Inexpensive and convenient foods at the expense of the unaware...

 

Metal cans have their own problems with lead, copper, and iron leaching into the contained food especially if it is acidic.
I remember when we went over some of the synthesis processes used to create industrial plastics in my organic chemistry course, the versatility of plastic is undeniable and arguably irreplaceable but it is certainly toxic. Its funny how they use this 'don't worry you need a massive dose' line to allay fears, but think about it; we use plastics for EVERYTHING so how could we ensure consistently low exposure???

 

I remember when this chemical started being a public concern, after the fad of those thick indestructible water bottles started coming around. In my opinion, people clearly are not dropping like flies over this, and if I remember correctly about BPA, it mimics estrogen, meaning it probably is only a public health concern because guys think its going to turn them gay or something. I did not stop using plastic containers when the scare was about water bottles, and I am not going to stop now that it is soup.

 

I'm glad I haven't had any canned soup in the last 30 years.

 

If I remember correctly the cans in question are lined in a white material. If you encounter that, take note of the manufacturer and never buy from them again... better yet, learn to make soup yourself!

It's probably best to regard the food supply as a low grade poison delivery system... regardless of the health benefits extolled by the packaging.

 

Easy recipe for celeriac broth. I'm assuming that you know how to make your own chicken stock. You'll need about 2 pints.

1. Take 1 good size celeriac and chop it into 1 cm cubes

2. Simmer the celeriac cubes gently in the stock for approximately 45 minutes

3. Drain the celeriac, reserving the stock

4. Pass the celeriac through a mouli, or mash it and press it through a metal sieve

5. Put the celeriac in a saucepan over a very low heat and gradually recombine the stock, stirring the whole while

6. Allow to simmer for another 5 - 10 minutes, season to taste and serve

Trust me - it's dead simple and absolutely delicious. Far better than anything you can get out of a tin!

 

What is celeriac?

 

It's an epoxy resin nearly all cans are coated with...
the old cans were fine but the manufacturers wanted longer shelf-life.
Fuck it
I'm going to try to eliminate all canned foods from my diet. (except home canned in glass jars!)

ZW

 

It's a root vegetable that has firm flesh and a slightly nutty flavour not dissimilar to celery.

You could probably use the recipe pretty much as it stands for swede or turnip soup, too.

Parsnips would probably need to simmer for a fair bit longer to get them really soft. :mickey:

 

Im sure all the salt in those canned soups is more harmful to you than a microgram dose of BPA..

 

Heh, thats mainly what keeps me away from canned or really most prepared foods these days. Waaay too much fucking salt and believe me, I like salt.

ZW

 

Yup ... if you stay off tinned and processed produce, then you really don't need to worry about exceeding your 6g RDA of salt (try weighing out 6g of salt some time ... it's a HUGE pile!!)

My diet is pretty much entirely made up of meat straight form the carcase, fruit straight from the tree and vegetables straight from the ground. That's how it should be :mickey:

 

ok so its only canned soup that has this stuff right? not chili and beans and stuff like that?

 

Most cans have this coating now, so, no it's not just soup.....

 

Unless its organic the vast majority of food has some chemicals in it , ie fertiliser/preservative/bug poison , grow your own food , its the only way to be really sure what you are putting into your body ,but even then the seeds are chemically treated ...will we ever win ?


Peace be with you

 

So buy organic/heirloom seeds, and when you grow your plants, let some go to seed for the next go around. Convenience is nice, but the food they push on the public is getting ridiculous with all the unhealthy, chemically treated junk that seems to be part & parcel of it. Opting out of most of it seems like the best way to lead a longer, healthier life.

 

Recycled thermal cash register receipts spread BPA to other paper products: ACS podcast

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2011 — The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS) award-winning "Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions" podcast series discusses the discovery of bisphenol A (BPA) in 94 percent of thermal cash register receipts and describes how recycling of those receipts spreads BPA to paper napkins, toilet paper and other paper products.
In the podcast, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Ph.D., explains that manufacturers produce more than 8 billion pounds of BPA worldwide every year. Research links BPA with certain harmful health effects. BPA has been used in plastic water bottles, the lining of food cans and a variety of other products. But how much do non-food sources contribute to BPA exposure? BPA coats the surfaces of thermal receipts, where it acts as a developer for the printing dye. To see whether this source of BPA was a concern, the researchers analyzed hundreds of samples of thermal cash register receipts and 14 other paper types from the U.S., Japan, Korea and Vietnam.
They found BPA on 94 percent of all the receipts. The only receipts with that were BPA-free were those from Japan, which phased out this use of BPA in 2001. BPA was in most of the other types of paper products, with tickets, newspapers and flyers having the highest concentrations. But these levels still paled in comparison to BPA on receipts, which the study said are responsible for more than 98 percent of consumer exposure to BPA from paper. The researchers estimate that receipts contribute about 33.5 tons of BPA to the environment every year in the U.S. and Canada. They note that handling of paper products can contribute up to 2 percent of the total daily BPA exposures in the general population, and that fraction can be much higher in occupationally exposed individuals.
The new podcast is available without charge at iTunes and from www.acs.org/globalchallenges.

 

I try not to eat too much canned food... but I know there are at least a couple companies that specifically say on the can they they don't use plastic. I am blanking on what brands though...

It is good that people are becoming aware of these things, it is time to take control of our food back!

 

And the odd thing is that canned soup has SO much salt, yet it always tastes really really bland.