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13 Facts About Food You Love That Will Blow Your Mind

Amy Hansen
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13 Facts About Food You Love That Will Blow Your Mind

Forbes recently put together a list of shocking food facts that would make anyone put down their burger and pick up a seitan sandwich (and a copy of Cowspiracy). For instance, did you realize it takes nearly 700 gallons of water to make a single patty for your BigMac? And you thought almonds were the problem.

And while everyone is pining over the cool new diet they’re adhering to in 2017, we’ve come up with our own meal plan of interesting food facts to feed the mind.

1. Cap’n Crunch is a phony!

According to the stripes on his sleeve, he’s a Commander in disguise. Maybe he ingested too much nutmeg, which is a hallucinogen.

2. Skip the General Tsao’s chicken at a Chinese buffet.

It’s likely been fried in old, used oil. Gross.

3. It takes 12-pounds of milk to make a single gallon of ice cream.

And it takes nearly 2,000 gallons of water to create a single gallon of milk. You do the  math. Maybe it’s time to switch to sorbet.

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4. It takes 872 gallons of water to create a gallon of wine.

 

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5. Licorice ropes are shaped by extruders, just like pasta.

 

6. Finland consumes the most coffee.

The average person drinks 2.64 cups per day.

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7. It takes about 20 minutes to make a tube of Pringles.

 

8. Japan grows the most expensive watermelon.

The average cost of the extremely rare, black-skinned Densuke watermelon, of which only 10,000 are grown each year, is about $6,000.

9. Australia consumes the most meat at 205 lbs per year.

The U.S. ranks a close second with 200.6 lbs.

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10. Toy-filled candy is banned in America.

The U.S. has prohibited toy-filled candy since 1938 because of its chocking hazard. Being caught with one could land you a $1,200 fine.

11. The holes in Swiss cheese are created by…hay.

 

12. While a hugely popular dish at Indian restaurants, Chicken Tikka Masala originated in Britain.

 

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13. McDonald’s ice cream is anything but McNatural.

The long list of ingredients includes: corn syrup solids, artificial vanilla flavor, mono- and diglycerides, guar gum, dextrose, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, carrageenan, disodium phosphate, cellulose gum and vitamin A palmitate. Phew!

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The Fresh Toast Publisher Named to Salonniere 100

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The Fresh Toast Publisher Named to Salonniere 100

 

Since the turn of the last century, people have been obsessed with lists about the rich, the connected and the famous. And occasionally the infamous.  Debrett’s and the Almanach de Gotha chronicle the royals and titled nobility, Vanity Fair has their annual best dressed list, and Salonniere is making a name by listing the 100 best society hosts in the country. Town and Country magainze reviews the list also and is filled crossover glittering names. In their recent list, The Fresh Toast publisher named to Salooniere 100. JJ McKay founded and is the publisher of The Fresh Toast, but has a long history of bring people together.

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The magazine says this about the publication. Salonnière means a hostess of meaningful gatherings that facilitate profound conversations to spark change in the world. We intentionally chose the feminine manifestation of this word because it represents a nurturing mind for the future, through collaboration and intuition. Salons have been taking place around the world in many forms since the 17th century and we’re continuing that tradition through digital and print publications, virtual conversations and events.

McKay co-chaired his junior/senior prom and went on to be the social chair of his fraternity. After college he started giving an annual holiday party, which has occurred every year except when he first moved to Seattle.

Social and eager to learn about people, McKay has been involved in a variety of organizations.  He has been a board member of Seattle Opera, the Pilchuck School of Glass, US Bank Washington and others.  He was the long-serving Chair of Mary’s Place Seattle helping them grow from a $200K budget day shelter to a $10+million budget and being the largest family shelter system in the Northwest.  He was active with Tina Brown’s Women in the World and the Daily Beast under her stewardship.  McKay chaired the International Middle East and North Africa International Human Rights Film Festival, which was organized by the State Department and the American Islamic Congress.

He is legendary for gathering people together for cocktail parties, dinners at his place in Seattle and other events.  The criteria is to be interesting, bring a conversation to the table and be gracious. He has had billionaires, geeks, models, celebrities, politicians, firefighters and innovators all chatting it up. Of his history, he has introduced 9 couples who went on to be married.

In 2016, McKay founded The Fresh Toast to connect people to marijuana. With no publication focused on the causal or new user which represented 90% of customers, Mckay has focused on being the largest consumer voice in cannabis. Geekwire covered the launch  of The Fresh Toast.

Whether hosting an après-ski party for 350 at Sundance or a book launch party for his friend Norman Lear in New York or a hoe-down in Seattle, McKay enjoys being around interesting people who are doing things.

The Fresh Toast Publisher Named to Salonniere 100

Congress, Marijuana And PTSD: The State Of The Debate

Richard Faulk
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Congress, Marijuana And PTSD: The State Of The Debate

There was a disappointment in the medical cannabis community when, in August, the DEA refused to relax its classification marijuana. But for all the laments about the bureaucratic hurdles to cannabis research, it is nevertheless a quickly moving field.

Nowhere is that pace more apparent than in PTSD research (which is probably a sad commentary on the amount of fear and trauma in our world.) As we’ve already reported, the University of Colorado has conducted the first controlled, clinical trial of whole-plant on PTSD. This follows nearly a decade of work in this area.

In this context, the September print issue of Neuropsychopharmacology includes a exhaustively documented debate on the state of research on cannabis and PTSD, which is cheekily subtitled “An Oversimplified Debate Discussed.”

Here’s our re-oversimplified take:

PRO

  • Cannabis reduces the symptoms of PTSD. Studies have shown that THC reduces fear response and nightmares while improving sleep and overall sense of well being in PTSD patients.
  • Cannabis doesn’t merely sedate; it changes the way the brain works. CB1 receptors are densely present in the amygdala-hippocampal-cortico-striatal circuits (but you can call them the fear centers of the brain). The brains of patients with PTSD ramp up the fear response and suppress the rational bits that keep us from acting impulsively and doing stupid stuff. Cannabinoids rebalance that condition. They may not make us any wiser, but they do neurologically mellow us out.
  • Cannabis inhibits the formation of fear-induced habits. Events like loud noises can trigger PTSD episode, even when no danger is present. Breaking the connection between a traumatic event and associated circumstances is called “fear extinction”—it’s a sort of reverse Pavlov’s dog effect, where we never confuse the ringing bell with a dish of food. But for PTSD replace “a dish of food” with “a buddy getting blown up.” Both mouse and human studies have shown that THC plays an important role in fear extinction.

CON

  • Thin Evidence. This is a cobweb-thin chicken-and-egg problem: Until clinical trials are done, the evidence will always be thin. Far from being an objection, it is actually a call for more research.
  • Known harms. At last, something to ponder: Longitudinal study of more than 2,000 PTSD patients found that those who used cannabis had more severe symptoms, more violent behavior, and more alcohol and other drug use than those who either didn’t use or who had but stopped.
  • Cannabis use can disrupt current PTSD treatment. There are effective, non-drug-related treatments for PTSD, including cognitive behavior therapy and prolonged exposure. Unfortunately, marijuana use actively reduces their efficacy—partially by inducing the negative effects listed above.
  • Just because cannabis makes you feel better doesn’t mean you actually are better. Quality of life assessments are based on self-reporting, and that means bias is a real concern. Moreover, while personal testimony can guide scientific inquiry, as your high school bio teacher told you, the plural of anecdote is not data.

Still, wouldn’t it make sense to offer medical marijuana as a treatment in the cases where it makes sense? We think so, and we know that many veterans think so as well.

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10 Perfect Examples of How Scottish Twitter Could Save Social Media

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10 Perfect Examples of How Scottish Twitter Could Save Social Media

For all of the trolls and other obnoxious, terrible people on it, Twitter still has some wonderful, mostly undiscovered corners tucked away that when occasionally stumbled up make the social media service seem like it might be half-way decent after all. One of those nooks is an area known as Sottish Twitter because, well, it consists of tweets written by people from Scotland.

What, you ask, makes a tweet written by someone from Scotland so special? Here’s a perfect example about a random encounter with a nice sounding couple.

What is it about the tweet that’s so hilarious and perfect? It’s hard to pin-point exactly but we’d really rather not dig too deep anyways; instead, we feel it’s best to just enjoy Scottish Twitter on its own, without giving it too much thought. Here are nine more classics from the genre.

On the troubles of shopping:

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On TFW Your “Maw” Buys You the Wrong Kind of Soap

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On the Struggles of Modern Day Romance

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On Kanine Police Units

On Tributes to Lost Family Members

On…Well, We’re Not Really Sure What This One Is About But We Like It

On A Nice Night At Home By Yourself

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On Owning Your Mistakes

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On Properly Appreciating Your Mother

Drunk Woman Grabbs EMT By The Privates In Walmart

Anthony Washington
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Drunk Woman Grabbs EMT By The Privates In Walmart

A Florida woman was arrested earlier this week after she allegedly downed five beers in the beer aisle of a local Walmart and then grabbed a paramedic’s testicles.

WKMG reports that, according to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Department, 18-year-old Shelby Conder told the manager of a Walmart in Lady Lake, Florida that she drank five beers and that she needed a ride home. The manager then presumably called 911.

When responding deputies found Conder by the store’s restrooms, she told them “she drank beer from the beer aisle and wanted to go home,” according to the deputies’ report. She also reportedly said that she was drunk.

RELATED: Science Explains How Marijuana Inspires Awe 

Condor allegedly resisted arrest and kicked at least one deputy before being brought under control, at least temporarily. Later, as she was being evaluated outside the store, police say she grabbed an EMT by the testicles.

Once officers got her into a patrol car, she reportedly said, “I’m sorry to who I hit.” She’s since been charged with battery on a officer, larceny petit theft, and resisting officer with violence.

Florida is home to #Floridaman and Conder is the perfect example. The moniker refers to an alleged prevalence of people performing irrational, maniacal, illogical, delusional, insane, and absurd actions in the U.S. state of Florida. Internet users typically submit links to news stories and articles about unusual or strange crimes and other events occurring in Florida, with stories’ headlines often beginning with “Florida Man…” followed by the main event of the story. Because of the way news headlines are typically written, they can be creatively interpreted as implying that the subjects of the articles are all a single individual known as “Florida Man”.

Fit In 2017: The 5 Best Exercises To Do While High

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Fit In 2017: The 5 Best Exercises To Do While High

Most exercise junkies will tell you one of the best reasons to work out is the high you get afterwards. While we’re not quite as extreme as true workout addicts are, we do agree that the rush after a good gym session is invigorating. It’s a rush of endorphins that just makes you feel great. But there is something that could make it more enjoyable. Smoking a little weed before the workout will make the post-workout high that much better, plus it makes the exercise itself that much more tolerable. Here are the five best exercises to do while high.

Yoga

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Despite what the haters may say, Yoga is an intense and demanding form of exercise. It is also a peaceful and calming one. You’re focusing on your own body, and listening to the instructions of a hopefully relaxed expert. Maybe there’s some soothing New Age jams softly playing. What could be better for all of this than a nice little buzz from the couple of hits you took from a vape before class? Not much.

Jogging

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Running is one of the great solitary workouts. It’s just you, the pavement, and your thoughts, maybe some music if you’re into that. There are no trainers, no annoying classmates, and no intense gym people judging. So why not toke up before hand and let your mind ponder the great mysteries of the world like time, the meaning of life, the nature of death, and where exactly you are now that you’ve been jogging for so long without paying attention to your surroundings because you’re so lost in thought.

Swimming

Photo via Zach Manuel

Another great solitary sport, swimming is an ideal activity to do while baked. You’re in the water, which, barring a boat accident or something, is always pretty fun. You might have goggles on, which is usually very cool—now you can see underwater! Whoa!

Ping-Pong

Photo via Juanedc/Flickr

Few people think of ping-pong when they think of exercise, but we assure you it’s a solid cardio workout. If you’re halfway decent at it, you’ll work up a sweat and use some muscles you don’t use in your everyday life. And nothing helps out a ping-pong game like a little ganja. If your average score doesn’t go up by a few points, you just need a stronger strain.

Sex

Photo via Jean Koulev/Flickr

Sex might not be the best exercise, but it’s certainly the most fun. A little weed before hand–but just a little, because nothing can ruin sex faster than being too fucked up–can spice things up in the bedroom and perhaps cause you to take your time, which means more calories burned. A win-win.

Ed Sheeran Sounds Uninspired In Mainstream Comeback

Brendan Bures
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Ed Sheeran Sounds Uninspired In Mainstream Comeback

With new music flying like warp-speed through the various channels of the Internet, it can be hard to keep up. But worry not! Each week The Fresh Toast will deliver the most-discussed and exciting songs that have recently dropped. Landed. Crashed. And also: soared. Enjoy. 

Ed Sheeran—“Castle on the Hill” & “Shape of You”

When Ed Sheeran broke into the mainstream with 2014’s X, it wasn’t so much because he upended pop’s formulas, but how he blurred them together. At his core, Sheeran’s just a guy with a guitar, but you’d be hard-pressed calling him folk or country. He scats and can break into raps, but he wasn’t hip hop. And he wasn’t really pop either, upon closer examination. His elusive nature of being defined only raised his normal schlep appeal, his lyrics indicating a genuine personality in a hyper-aggressive marketing and fake industry.

His massive success from X’s monster singles led Sheeran in a long-gestating touring cycle. Collaborations and one-offs appeared, but no proper release from Sheeran. Now he returns with “Shape of You,” a sugar-coated, bland dancehall joint trying to sell sex. This single was at one point intended for Rihanna, according to Sheeran, and you wish it still was. His voice is all wrong for the context, and Sheeran sounds too rigid to his approach and too analytical in his construction.

“Castle on the Hill” isn’t much better. A rockish, nostalgic jam, Sheeran’s more in his element here and iTunes describes it as a “life-affirming pop rocket,” but the ship never takes off. It’s not bad, but isn’t great either. The concept—waking up one day and missing more blissful, childhood days—is well-worn, perhaps, but these type of feelsy notes are where Sheeran typically excels. How disappoint then that he’s more recycling than adding anything to the genre. Sheeran, sadly, fits right into the song’s formula.

Migos—“T Shirt”

I could tell you about this video, but Chance the Rapper sums it up more succinctly than I ever could.

This has been your gleeful dispatch on the Migos’ new music video.

The xx—“Say Something Loving”

“Say Something Loving” doesn’t sound like a typical record you’d expect from The xx, yet doesn’t completely leave behind their moody aesthetic. It’s just that that mood has changed. Still a bit melancholic, sure, but no longer so downtrodden. More earnest, more, dare we say, positive? (From the chorus: “You say something loving / It’s so overwhelming, the thrill of affection”) Following previous single “On Hold,” The xx is clearly leaving their past selves behind. And we’re not mad about it.

Jazz Cartier—“Tempted”

With a solid 2016 that built his buzz, Toronto rapper Jazz Cartier isn’t slowing down in the new year. This oozy single from his upcoming album Fleurever delivers bouncy production that’s hard to resist nodding your head or dancing along to.

Elliott Smith—“I Figured You Out”

Though it ended prematurely, Elliott Smith’s career as a songwriter was nonetheless prolific. That whispery voice of his imbued his lyrics with delicate seriousness, like his songs were secrets from a friend. This posthumous release is apparently “a stupid pop song [he] wrote in about a minute.”

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Aspen: See Mariah Carey Buy Marijuana In An Evening Gown

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Aspen: See Mariah Carey Buy Marijuana In An Evening Gown

Mariah Carey has had an interesting new year, to say the least. Following a very public and very disastrous New Year’s performance, Carey was apparently “mortified.”

But doesn’t mean she isn’t enjoy and living her best life. Carey and boyfriend Bryan Tanaka have been spending the holidays in Aspen, Colorado, and still remain there with her children. What is there to do in Colorado other than skiing and winter sports, you may be wondering? The better question: What is a legal activity in Aspen, Colorado?

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That’s right. Mariah Carey is partaking in Colorado’s very green recreational activity. Of course, she’s shining in the way only Mariah can—rocking a full glam evening gown while shopping.

Whether Mariah is using cannabis as an aphrodisiac, perhaps indulging in some “sexy strain,” or a sleep aid is certainly possible. She could be toking to brainstorm some possible next career moves following the New Year’s fiasco. But who’s to say she’s even toking? Maybe Mariah is more of an edibles person, doesn’t want to damage those vocal chords in any way.

One thing’s for sure: Mariah is very much enjoying her time in Aspen. And cannabis could be playing a significant role.

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Teens Ride Horses Through Drive-Thru With Goat Following

Taylor Berman
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Teens Ride Horses Through Drive-Thru With Goat Following

Life as a teenager is often boring, especially on long holiday breaks. There’s no school or homework to complain about and break up the day, and your friend are often away on vacation . Plus, if you’re under 16 you’re stuck relying on your parents for rides to escape the house, unless you’re Trajen Collins, 13, and Joel Perez, 15, of Powell, Wyoming, that is.
So, what do they do? Well the teens ride horses through drive-thru with a goat following.

On Friday, the two teens decided they’d had enough sitting around, so they took their two horses and rode into town to get some McDonald’s. “We just wanted to get out of the house and do something,” Perez told the Powell Tribune. Collins added that the two were “just bored.”

As luck would have it, Collins’s goat, named Goat, followed the two teens as they rode the several miles into town. “We started going, and I guess the goat just wanted to come for a ride,” Perez said. “It just started walking right behind us.”

Perez and Collins ordered chicken sandwiches for themselves at McDonald’s, but nothing for their horses or Goat. “We were thinking about getting the goat a salad, but that was it,” Collins said. “She ate grass a little bit earlier.”

When the two boys went into other stores, they tied their horses up outside but not Goat. “She just stayed with the horses,” Collins, who added that the trip was “fun, but cold.”

A Powell Tribune photographer snapped a picture of the odd group walking through the McDonald’s drive thru and posted it to Facebook, where its since reached nearly half a million people.

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The Feds Need To Follow Britain And Protect CBD Patients

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The Feds Need To Follow Britain And Protect CBD Patients

For years there has been a widespread misperception that CBD – or cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive marijuana component with several beneficial medical applications – is legal to possess and make under federal law.

When the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) established a new code number for marijuana extracts on December 14, 2016, many mistakenly believed that the DEA’s newest action made CBD federally illegal. But CBD has long been illegal under federal law and has been a Schedule I drug since the enactment of the Controlled Substance Act of 1970 (CSA).

This misunderstanding can be explained, in part, because some people think hemp oil (which is legal under federal law) is the same as CBD oil (which is not legal under federal law). All types of cannabis (including hemp plants), and their leaves and flowers are now illegal and have been illegal under the CSA.

RELATED: Everybody Chill: DEA’s Scheduling Of CBD Is A Clarification, Not A New Law

The only exception are hemp plants grown by academic institutions or by state departments of agriculture in accordance with the 2014 U.S. Farm Bill. But hemp byproducts already made outside the United States – including oil, mature stalks and sterile seeds – may be lawfully imported into the country and possessed, processed, sold, and transferred from state to state.

CBD oil is produced from cannabis flowers and leaves, which are illegal under federal law, and is high in CBD. This product is what marijuana patients frequently seek out to use as medicine. In contrast, hemp oil is produced by pressing sterile hemp seeds and only contains trace amounts of the CBD that patients seek. The oil and the seeds may be lawfully imported and processed. Yet some hemp companies are deceptively taking large amounts of hemp products and processing them with harsh chemicals to derive enough CBD to call their oil a “CBD product.”

The FDA has issued warnings to some of these companies for falsely advertising their effectiveness. While these CBD oils from hemp seeds may be lawful to produce, they often do not contain therapeutic levels of CBD patients need and the chemicals used in the extraction process may harm, more than help, patients.

CBD has amazing potential when the product is created from the non-hemp varieties of marijuana and when proper extraction processes are used. For instance, CBD has been used to treat epilepsy in children, opioid addiction, and cancer.

But CBD only helps a minority of patients. There are over 70 different cannabinoids (chemical compounds that act on cannabinoid receptors in the brain) in marijuana, including THC and CBD, each with its own unique therapeutic properties. Some illnesses respond better to THC-rich strains of marijuana than to CBD strains. And, even patients who respond best to CBD have better outcomes when it is derived from the whole plant, rather than synthetic forms of CBD.

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The whole medical marijuana plant, rather than CBD alone, needs to be legalized to best address the needs of patients. Medical marijuana is now legal in 28 states plus the District of Columbia, and an additional 15 states have passed CBD-only laws. For the time being these laws are safe from federal interference under the 2016 omnibus spending bill. But this provision will expire if it is not renewed by Congress next year. The best way to ensure that patients are protected is to pass comprehensive federal legislation, such as last year’s CARERS Act, to permit states to legalize medical marijuana and CBD for patients.

Jolene Forman is a staff attorney with the Drug Policy Alliance.

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