jhharlan

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Just when you thought it was safe to eat breakfast!

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Your oatmeal may be killing you

New York Post 12 hours ago

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Your morning bowl of oatmeal comes with a dose of a carcinogen, a Brooklyn man claims in a class-action lawsuit. Quaker Oats says its ubiquitous breakfast food is “100% Natural” but that’s “false, deceptive and misleading,” because the company uses a chemical called glyphosate in processing its oats, court papers say. Glyphosate is a widely used herbicide. The World Health Organization declared the substance as “probably carcinogenic to humans” in 2015. The substance is used both as a weed killer and “is sprayed on the oats as a drying agent shortly before harvest,” claims Lewis Daly in his Brooklyn federal court lawsuit. Daly is seeking $5 million damages. Quaker Oats could not be reached for ...

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+7 Views: 925 Answers: 8 Posted: 9 years ago

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ROMOS

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Scaremongering crap, if we were to listen and act on all these bloody studies we would all live very dull lives, we've all got a limited time on this planet, let's enjoy it while we're here.

9 years ago. Rating: 9
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Ducky

Your life would be dull without oatmeal? lol

commented 9 years ago

ROMOS

My life is never dull.......

commented 9 years ago

Ducky

Nice to see a current picture. :)

commented 9 years ago

country bumpkin

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Shoot this is worrisome. We bought a big bag of oatmeal when we got our new dog Abner and he eats oatmeal every morning because it's supposed to be good for him.

I've been wanting to try the new Kellogg's Super Porridge but now I'm iffy.

9 years ago. Rating: 9
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Benthere

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....had a bowl this morning.

9 years ago. Rating: 9
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Ducky

Hello! Hello! Hello! Ben...Ben...BEN??? Are you there Mr. There???

commented 9 years ago

Benthere

....Ben is in.

commented 9 years ago

Ducky

Whew....

commented 9 years ago

FISH-O

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Oatmeal will kill me. I am highly allergic!

I don't have to worry about any studies.

9 years ago. Rating: 9
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Tommyh

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Breakfast of champions!

Ignore all the crap about glyphosate.

9 years ago. Rating: 6
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terryfossil 1

On the money Tommyh..>>>>>>>><<<<<<<..

commented 9 years ago

terryfossil 1

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Great stuff,food of iron men..>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<..

9 years ago. Rating: 6
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country bumpkin

I had a dog named Toby.

commented 9 years ago

bulletman

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I'm safe --- Vegemite on toast, man. :)

9 years ago. Rating: 5
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zorro

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I cook mine with cinnamon, ground flax seed, handful of walnuts, and blueberries. Then a scoop of protein powder. Not using coconut oil anymore.

9 years ago. Rating: 4
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country bumpkin

Sounds good. Why did you stop using coconut oil? I hear it's very healthy.

commented 9 years ago

zorro

Been hearing about it keeping cholesterol up. It has its benefits.

commented 9 years ago

country bumpkin

I heard something about that too, but I thought coconut oil was supposed to reduce cholesterol, reports can be confusing, I wish I knew what to believe.

commented 9 years ago

zorro

Just going to cut it out for a while. Will use flax seed oil .

commented 9 years ago