Buy plain white microwave popcorn and use spray butter and some salt and you're good to go. Anytime you need me to solve to world's problems just let me know.
Good thing we have people like you to jump to such easy conclusions. If we actually thought before we acted and did more research than the first headline we would find that diacetyl is the prime ingredient in all butter flavored sprays and even into a lot of wines and many other foods. But you go on and keep solving the worlds problems so we have someone to chuckle at.
I would caution everyone to take a step back and wait until further studies on this subject can be done, and some better conclusions be made. Over the last year or two so many headlines have been way over the top, or even worse given false hope to the Caregivers and patients of Alzheimer's. In an effort that reporters and their editors make to come up with splashy, flashy headlines, all too often make promises or shout out to the world that they have found a cure or are somehow close to one. Or like in this case a "CAUSE" of Alzheimer's.
As the director of the Alzheimer's Research Association, we get so many of our members who get so involved in stories like this, they become concerned or they want the next big thing in a cure. We already have received so many e mails on this subject its ridicules. There is absolutely no evidence, of what this article says about the butter in popcorn being a "cause" of Alzheimer's. This study has not been done to achieve that goal. Everyone needs to take a step back.
This study says:
Researchers have determined that diacetyl "has an architecture "similar" to a substance that makes beta-amyloid proteins clump together in the brain," and that this clumping "is the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease."
The key word in this article is "SIMILAR" not exact. We all need to take these stories with a grain of salt, and wait until the evidence shows more conclusive results.
Joe Lucido Director Alzheimer's Research Association www.alzra.org
A couple of direct quotes from the actual article:
"Whether toxic levels of DA are achieved in
various body compartments upon mere (over)consumption of
DA-containing food substances is an unanswered but an
important question."
"Due caution must, however, be exercised while extrapolating the results of this study to phenomenon in the intact animal. Although the in vitro data in this study show toxicity of DA at concentrations actually recorded physiologically, extension of this toxicity in the in vivo environment is influenced by a plethora of factors ranging from transport across compartments to its possible metabolism of DA by dicarbonyl reductases."
These were in-vitro studies. These were not even rat studies. Does anyone realize how few animal studies, let alone in-vitro, translate into true real-world human results? The authors of the research recognize this. It's too bad the "news" writers and many readers don't.
I doubt Ryan Jaslow has any idea what you or the abstract mean by in-vitro. I remember when science journalism was actually conducted by science professionals.
seems to me that would be the least of our worries about eating popcorn. Is it GMO, pesticide residue, herbicide residue, watered with contaminated fraking water, chemical air pollutants of numerous types including NG fumes from fraking, added chemicals for purely addictive purposes, packaging residue, radiation, microwave, emf's, etc. Like they say don't eat anything with a label, except humans, they are so toxic that they should be buried in a drum with concrete in a mine somewhere. Alzheimer also has an up side, no more reruns on TV, no more politicians broken promises, no more unfulfilled hopes and dreams, no more worries about paying bills. Oblivion looks pretty sweat sometimes.
I'm glad that my wife and I have switched to organic foods (for the most part), as well as simpler, basic foods (fruits, veggies, whole meats, etc.) most days of the week. (We do splurge occasionally.) We're losing weight, feeling better, and being healthier.
"...The study however did not show a cause and effect relationship between the chemical and Alzheimer's, and the results haven't been replicated in people, only in test tubes..."
Wait a minute, are there people out there with the idea of deliberately causing or worsening Alzheimer's disease in humans just to prove a point???
These type of hack scientific journalism severely damages the public's understanding of science. The study was done on industrial workers who inhaled large amounts of the chemical, additionally, it isn't even used as an additive anymore!!
How low are the standards for journalism these days?! Something has to change.
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WHY would anyone want to take the chance!!!????????
STOP EATING THESE POISONS, ESPECIALLY RIGHT FROM A MICROWAVE OVEN!!!
But you go on and keep solving the worlds problems so we have someone to chuckle at.
As the director of the Alzheimer's Research Association, we get so many of our members who get so involved in stories like this, they become concerned or they want the next big thing in a cure. We already have received so many e mails on this subject its ridicules. There is absolutely no evidence, of what this article says about the butter in popcorn being a "cause" of Alzheimer's. This study has not been done to achieve that goal. Everyone needs to take a step back.
This study says:
Researchers have determined that diacetyl "has an architecture "similar" to a substance that makes beta-amyloid proteins clump together in the brain," and that this clumping "is the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease."
The key word in this article is "SIMILAR" not exact. We all need to take these stories with a grain of salt, and wait until the evidence shows more conclusive results.
Joe Lucido
Director
Alzheimer's Research Association
www.alzra.org
Molecular similarity is NOT a link. Please restate.
"Whether toxic levels of DA are achieved in
various body compartments upon mere (over)consumption of
DA-containing food substances is an unanswered but an
important question."
"Due caution must, however, be exercised while extrapolating the results of this study to phenomenon in the intact animal. Although the in vitro data in this study show toxicity of DA at concentrations actually recorded physiologically, extension of this toxicity in the in vivo environment is influenced by a plethora of factors ranging from transport across compartments to its possible metabolism of DA by dicarbonyl reductases."
These were in-vitro studies. These were not even rat studies. Does anyone realize how few animal studies, let alone in-vitro, translate into true real-world human results? The authors of the research recognize this. It's too bad the "news" writers and many readers don't.
Like they say don't eat anything with a label, except humans, they are so toxic that they should be buried in a drum with concrete in a mine somewhere.
Alzheimer also has an up side, no more reruns on TV, no more politicians broken promises, no more unfulfilled hopes and dreams, no more worries about paying bills. Oblivion looks pretty sweat sometimes.
Wait a minute, are there people out there with the idea of deliberately causing or worsening Alzheimer's disease in humans just to prove a point???
Mengele would be proud.
How low are the standards for journalism these days?! Something has to change.