Friday, June 26, 2009

Fucking Terrifying Food Additive of the Week: Hexane

Hexane: a highly explosive, neurotoxic petroleum substance produced as a byproduct of gasoline refining.
(Above) Delicious Hexane.
And you know the protein bar you had or the formula you fed your kid this morning? Yeah. Well. The soy beans used to make make it were probably bathed in that shit during the processing stages.

The linked article says it best, really -- "There is no limit to the insanity of what goes into the food supply when profits are at stake."

DoF suggests: tearing into a giant turkey leg at the office instead of a PowerBar. It's high in protein, fucking delicious and you'll look like Genghis Khan, earning you mad fear-based respect from your co-workers.

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