Although I am not an allergetic person the viewpoint, stance and approach on allergens in whole world is overwhelming but moreover Quality Control Managers are getting hysterical in food manufacturing factories.. In the book "Connected" of Christakis and Fowler the following paragraph does worth to investigate more deeply this topic. The efforts spent in food manufacturing to segregate allergetic products and prevent any kind of contamination are enormous. But at what cost?
Here you have the citation :
“Approximately 3.3 million Americans are allergic to nuts, and even more, 6.9 million, are allergic to seafood. However, all told, serious allergic reactions to foods cause just two thousand hospitalizations per year (out of more than thirty million hospitalizations nationwide). And, at most, only 150 people (both children and adults) die each year from food allergies. Compare that to the fifty people who die each year from bee stings, the hundred who die from lightning strikes, and the forty-five thousand who die from motor vehicle accidents. Or compare that to the ten thousand children who are hospitalized each year for traumatic brain injuries acquired during sports, or the two thousand who drown, or the roughly thirteen hundred who die from gun accidents. Yet there are no calls to end athletics. There are likely thousands of parents who rid their cupboards of peanut butter but not guns. And more children assuredly die walking or being driven to school each year than die of nut allergies.”
MUSTARD was one of the best also oldest spice in the world. But during the last decade it has been discovered that there has been some allergetic casualties . Quality Managers immediately swallowed the bait and started writing long procedures to prevent its contamination, delete from seasonning mixtures, run expensive swab tests as like venenous poison.
Dr. Stephen Propatier wrote :
Research has shown that reports of pediatric nut allergies between tripled between 1997 and 2008. Some of this data suffers from methodological error and reporter bias. Many of the studies were limited to patient reporting. Actually diagnosing a food allergy is somewhat subjective. It is a complicated, multi-level procedure. Many people self diagnose their food allergy. Patient history is a large part of the diagnosis but not the only part. And many people commonly think that skin tests provide the most information about allergies. This isn't really true; allergists use several tests to determine whether or not someone suffers from a sensitivity.
Here I am copying you the most comon but also labelling compulsory by EU legislation of food allergens ...
1.Cereals containing gluten, namely: wheat (such as spelt and khorasan wheat), rye, barley, oats or their hybridised strains, and products thereof, except:
(a) wheat based glucose syrups including dextrose
(b) wheat based maltodextrins
(c) glucose syrups based on barley
(d) cereals used for making alcoholic distillates including ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin
2. Crustaceans and products thereof
3. Eggs and products thereof
4. Fish and products thereof, except:
(a) fish gelatine used as carrier for vitamin or carotenoid preparations
(b) fish gelatine or Isinglass used as fining agent in beer and wine
5. Peanuts and products thereof
6. Soybeans and products thereof, except:
(a) fully refined soybean oil and fat
(b) natural mixed tocopherols (E306), natural D-alpha tocopherol, natural D-alpha tocopherol acetate, and natural D-alpha tocopherol succinate from soybean sources
(c) vegetable oils derived phytosterols and phytosterol esters from soybean sources
(d) plant stanol ester produced from vegetable oil sterols from soybean sources
7. Milk and products thereof (including lactose), except:
(a) whey used for making alcoholic distillates including ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin
(b) lactitol
8. Nuts, namely: almonds (Amygdalus communis L.), hazelnuts (Corylus avellana), walnuts (Juglans regia), cashews (Anacardium occidentale), pecan nuts (Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch), Brazil nuts (Bertholletia excelsa), pistachio nuts (Pistacia vera), macadamia or Queensland nuts (Macadamia ternifolia), and products thereof, except for nuts used for making alcoholic distillates including ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin
9. Celery and products thereof
10. Mustard and products thereof
11. Sesame seeds and products thereof
12. Sulphur dioxide and sulphites at concentrations of more than 10 mg/kg or 10 mg/litre in terms of the total SO2 which are to be calculated for products as proposed ready for consumption or as reconstituted according to the instructions of the manufacturers
13. Lupin and products thereof
14. Molluscs and products thereof
Avram Aji
Thursday, 28 November 2019
(ARE WE) CONNECTED by CHRISTKIS and FOWLER
SOCIAL NETWORKS have always attracted me. This is why , when I have been suggested to read this book I secured it immediately. Although the book appeared in 2009 I think still is prevalent and containing most of the actual current values too..
The authors start by making the following comment...
“Scientists, philosophers, and others who study society have generally divided into two camps: those who think individuals are in control of their destinies, and those who believe that social forces (ranging from a lack of good public education to the presence of a corrupt government) are responsible for what happens to us.”
We tend to blame anything beyond ourself. Bloodfeud and vendetta were very common during last centuries all over the world.
“What possible sense is there in injuring or killing the innocent?”
This striking question is still very vivid in our time knowing existing suicide bombers.
Bucket Brigates and Military Squads are so well organized working groups that no one individually can accomplish alone the required taks such as extinguishing fires or expell ennemies.
“Students with studious roommates become more studious”“Diners sitting next to heavy eaters eat more food. Homeowners with neighbors who garden wind up with manicured lawns”
The influence of our surrounding people is enormous. A friend of mine wa at the edge of a divorce. The first question of the family counselor to the husband was "do your wife has a close fried recently got divorced? If so there no way to escape "
The bank rush is taken in the scope of such kind behaviour of crowds during 2008 bubbled morgage burst and banking crisis which influenced all the world .
The authors start by making the following comment...
“Scientists, philosophers, and others who study society have generally divided into two camps: those who think individuals are in control of their destinies, and those who believe that social forces (ranging from a lack of good public education to the presence of a corrupt government) are responsible for what happens to us.”
We tend to blame anything beyond ourself. Bloodfeud and vendetta were very common during last centuries all over the world.
“What possible sense is there in injuring or killing the innocent?”
This striking question is still very vivid in our time knowing existing suicide bombers.
Bucket Brigates and Military Squads are so well organized working groups that no one individually can accomplish alone the required taks such as extinguishing fires or expell ennemies.
“Students with studious roommates become more studious”“Diners sitting next to heavy eaters eat more food. Homeowners with neighbors who garden wind up with manicured lawns”
The influence of our surrounding people is enormous. A friend of mine wa at the edge of a divorce. The first question of the family counselor to the husband was "do your wife has a close fried recently got divorced? If so there no way to escape "
The bank rush is taken in the scope of such kind behaviour of crowds during 2008 bubbled morgage burst and banking crisis which influenced all the world .
Saturday, 23 November 2019
THE ONE THING OF GARY KELLER
I JUST FINISHED this book and want you summarize it hoping to convince you to read it.
THIS BOOK was suggested during a conferance given by AVI ALKAS on "Living the very that moment" . Not only this single book but 5 in total. I started with this one because I got the e-book version immediated through the web.
THE VERY FIRST example given is the "Domino Effect" . We come across very often on TV's or at YouTube , teams competition on thousands of dominos pieces standing one across the other. A light flip to the very first one but with a just enough power to topple it over to the one standing behind triggering all the series of the dominos sequentially -sometimes taking hours and hours- until the last one fall down.
What the writer wants to demonstrate or prove us that we must flip the very first domino standing in front of us to trigger the all the others dominos (opportunities-capabilities -skills)standing behind. It has been proved that even %50 bigger dominos standing behind fall down . Hence the most important thing for us in life is to find which domino to flip .
WE WANT a lot of success in our life. Pursuing success in our business or job , having a marvellous loving partner and family , exercise our body with our most preferred sport branch, enjoyable hobbies like painting or instrument playing , socialize with best friends of us...
“If everyone has the same number of hours in a day, why do some people seem to get so much more done than others?”
This what we ask ourselves all the time. The given answer by the author is : GO SMALL !
“It’s realizing that extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.”
You can not achieve all your cravings at the same time.
“You need to be doing fewer things for more effect instead of doing more things with side effects.”
“No one is self-made”
“When everything feels urgent and important, everything seems equal”
“success isn’t a game won by whoever does the most.”
The writer is emphasizing the importance of Pareto Law and implementing this procedure as many time until you find out your most important thing in your TO DO LIST.
And allocate much of your time to the ONE THING of your life until you tackle.
Category : SELF HELP
THIS BOOK was suggested during a conferance given by AVI ALKAS on "Living the very that moment" . Not only this single book but 5 in total. I started with this one because I got the e-book version immediated through the web.
THE VERY FIRST example given is the "Domino Effect" . We come across very often on TV's or at YouTube , teams competition on thousands of dominos pieces standing one across the other. A light flip to the very first one but with a just enough power to topple it over to the one standing behind triggering all the series of the dominos sequentially -sometimes taking hours and hours- until the last one fall down.
What the writer wants to demonstrate or prove us that we must flip the very first domino standing in front of us to trigger the all the others dominos (opportunities-capabilities -skills)standing behind. It has been proved that even %50 bigger dominos standing behind fall down . Hence the most important thing for us in life is to find which domino to flip .
WE WANT a lot of success in our life. Pursuing success in our business or job , having a marvellous loving partner and family , exercise our body with our most preferred sport branch, enjoyable hobbies like painting or instrument playing , socialize with best friends of us...“If everyone has the same number of hours in a day, why do some people seem to get so much more done than others?”
This what we ask ourselves all the time. The given answer by the author is : GO SMALL !
“It’s realizing that extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.”
You can not achieve all your cravings at the same time.
“You need to be doing fewer things for more effect instead of doing more things with side effects.”
“No one is self-made”
“When everything feels urgent and important, everything seems equal”
“success isn’t a game won by whoever does the most.”
The writer is emphasizing the importance of Pareto Law and implementing this procedure as many time until you find out your most important thing in your TO DO LIST.
Category : SELF HELP
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